State v. Buxton’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““in order for a court to permit an accused to be subject to a criminal prosecution, ‘three things must be found: first, that defendant understands the nature of the charges brought against him; second, that defendant appreciates the purpose and object of the trial proceedings based thereon; and third, that defendant has the mental capacity to assist reasonably and rationally his counsel in preparing and putting forth a defense to the criminal charges of which he stands accused.’ ” Id. (quoting Cook, 104 R.I. at 447 , 244 A.2d at 835-36 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Thomas