Charpentier v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is clear that in this jurisdiction a Sixth Amendment right to counsel attaches only when adversarial criminal proceedings have been commenced against an accused. It follows that * * * evidence obtained * * * prior to the filing of the criminal complaint [was] not obtained in violation of [the defendant's] Sixth Amendment right to counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mogard v. City of Laramie

2. “We decline to extend the right to representation by counsel guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Art. 1, § 10 of the Wyoming Constitution to the preindictment lineup stage of the criminal proceedings, and consequently we affirm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mogard v. City of Laramie

3. “failed to demonstrate any compelling reason why this Court should depart from the established rule ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mogard v. City of Laramie