Montgomery v. Bordenkircher’s Empirical Analysis
620 F.2d 127 · 1980
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
3
states following
September 1998
most recently cited
9 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gideon v. Wainwright · Burgett v. Texas · Lewis v. United States · Hardin v. Commonwealth
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Because the habitual criminal statute defines a status and not a separate offense, the double jeopardy prohibition is inapplicable.”
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.