Bolius v. Wainwright’s Empirical Analysis
597 F.2d 986 · 1979
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably Bouchillon v. Collins (1990), Jon S. Miller, Cross-Appellee v. Richard L. Dugger, Cross-Appellant (1988)
13 federal appellate · 1 district · 8 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Browder v. Director Department of Corrections of Illinois · Dusky v. United States · Pate v. Robinson · Drope v. Missouri · Watts v. Indiana
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(T)he mere presence of mental illness or other mental disability at the time (the defendant) entered his plea does not necessarily mean that he was incompetent to plead under the Dusky test.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding--and whether he has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[T]he testimony of trial counsel cannot be treated as coming from a totally disinterested witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.