State v. Spivey’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently June 2012 · most notably State v. Harris (2004), United States of America Ex Rel. Thomas Trantino v. Robert Hatrack, Superintendent, New Jersey State Prison at Rahway (1977)
3 federal appellate · 2 district · 23 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 4244
Relies on Dusky v. United States · Pate v. Robinson · Corallo v. United States · Central Railroad v. Pennsylvania · E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. Maloney
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“one unable to comprehend his position, to consult intelligently with counsel and plan his defense cannot be put to trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[W]hile the court has the power to order an inquiry in the defendant’s mental qualifications to stand trial, failure to exercise the powers will not be reviewed on appeal, unless it clearly and convincingly appears that the defendant was incapable of standing trial. [ Lucas, supra, 30 N.J. at 73-74 , 152 A.2d 50 (emphasis added).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Harris“It is to be ordinarily expected that defense counsel, who is in a far better position than the trial judge to assay the salient facts concerning the defendant’s ability to stand trial and assist in his own defense, would originate the request that such an inquiry be conducted. [ Lucas, supra 30 N.J. at 74 , 152 A.2d 50 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Harris
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.