People v. Bing’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 11 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “There are two well-defined situations in which the right is said to attach indelibly under the State Constitution and a waiver, notwithstanding the client’s right to waive generally, will not be recognized unless made in the presence of counsel. The first, similar to the Federal right, deals with waivers after formal proceedings have commenced. The second, recognized only in New York, relates to uncharged individuals in custody who have retained or requested an attorney. Police authorities may not question them in the absence of counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Beekman v. Lacy

2. “without apparent reason, had provided 'a dispensation' for persistent offenders for it is the common criminal, not the first-time offender, who will nearly always have representation on a pending charge and thus be immunized from questioning in subsequent investigations[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Savinskiy

3. “failure to elaborate the basis for the [overextension of the] rule, and the questionable policy behind it”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. People v. Damiano