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← 772 P.2d 638 - People v. Porterfield

People v. Porterfield’s Empirical Analysis

1988

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 2010
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on People v. Curtis · People v. Honey · United States v. Martin · People v. Gonzales · People v. Botham

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

  1. “he neither claim[ed] that he actually lacked the information necessary to make a valid waiver, nor does he claim that his waiver resulted from the failure of counsel to advise him fully”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “that a jury verdict must be unanimous and that the ultimate decision regarding waiver of a jury trial lies with the accused, not his counsel”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.