State v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
March 1984
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · First Investment Annuity Co. of America v. Miller · State v. Degraffenreid · State v. Blackwell · State v. Lumsden
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.
“While the contention that the accused was not effectively represented at trial may be raised on direct appeal ... the issue is normally left for disposition in a post-conviction proceeding under Rule 27.26 to vacate judgment and sentence.... Only in very exceptional cases will the circumstances warrant consideration of the point on direct appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Wood
How this case has been treated — in progress
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