Penry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 78 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 96 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2016 · most notably Penry v. Lynaugh (1989), Livingston v. State (1987)
4 federal appellate · 78 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 Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Ohio v. Roberts · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Lego v. Twomey · Estelle v. Smith
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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) he has the right to remain silent and not make any statement at all and any statement he makes may be used against him at his trial; * # # * * * (5) he has the right to terminate the interview at any time; ...”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage““A warning which conveys on the face of the statement, in. only slightly different language, the exact meaning of the statute is sufficient to comply with the statute.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“I, Virginia A. Parra, after first being duly warned by Lt. Youngblood # 411, at 2:30 P.M. at Converse Police Dept: on February 19th, 1985 that I have the right to have a lawyer present to advise me either prior to any questioning or during any questioning; and that if I am unable to employ a lawyer, I have the right to have a lawyer appointed to counsel with me prior to or during any questioning; and that I have the right to remain silent and not make any statement at all; and further, that any statement I make will be used in evidence against me at my trial; that if I decide to talk with any one, I can, and that I can stop talking to them at any time I want; The above rights are continuing rights which can be urged by me at any stage of the proceedings, and I do hereby voluntarily waive these rights and give to the said K. Riffe # 454 C.P.D. the person to whom this statement is being made, the following statement: * * * * # *”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Parra v. State
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.