State v. Wilkins’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 15 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently January 2010
2 federal appellate · 15 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 Faretta v. California · Gregg v. Georgia · Eddings v. Oklahoma · Burger v. Kemp · Jones v. Howard
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he court finds beyond reasonable doubt that the following aggravating circumstances exist: 10 "1. The murder in the first degree was committed while the defendant was engaged in the perpetration of the felony of robbery, and 11 "2. The murder in the first degree involved depravity of mind and that as a result thereof, it was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“thrust his knife into her back. Defendant said he was aiming at the kidneys, which he thought would be a fatal wound. Nancy Allen fell face down onto the floor. However, she rolled into a spread-eagled position with her back on the floor. Stevens [the accomplice] could not find everything that he wanted to take and could not operate the cash register. He asked defendant what to do. Nancy Allen replied, directing Stevens to what he sought but this caused defendant to stab his helpless victim three more times in her chest. Two of these pierced her heart. She continued to speak, begging for her life. Defendant silenced her with four stabs into the neck, one of which opened the carotid artery. As Nancy Allen's pierced heart oozed its life's blood into the opened cavities of her lungs and onto the floor, defendant and Stevens gathered up cash and merchandise and left the store. Defendant wiped fingerprints off the door handle before leaving. They stuffed the stolen items in the bag outside and left. Nancy Allen lay dying on the floor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wilkins v. State“The court concludes that the finding of competency of movant to proceed entailed the ability to waive certain rights and to make decision necessary for the disposition of the case including the decision to enter plea of guilty and under the circumstances of this case to waive counsel and proceed pro se. The court also concludes a review of all the evidence shows that movant knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently, and competently waived his right to counsel. The court further concludes that mov-ant suffered no deprivation under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 18(a) of the Missouri Constitution. Court further concludes that no prejudice resulted to movant because of his waiver of counsel. The court concludes that movant is not entitled to relief because of his change of feeling regarding the death penalty. Court concludes movant was mentally competent to proceed as his own counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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