Powell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 1998
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · North Carolina v. Alford · Neil v. Biggers · Gates v. State · State v. Ecker
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A 15 year old [sic] being tried in adult court, having been charged with commission of a violent crime resulting in death, can hardly be said to have made an informed decision concerning a possible plea of guilty and a sentence of 64 months incarceration when the offer is relayed in a fleeting communication for a few seconds at counsel table. [2]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Powell“Clemons failed to show that he took appropriate steps to inform Powell of the legal procedures and effects of the plea offers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Powell“effectually deprived the right to opt for a shorter term of incarceration”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Powell
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.