Ake v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2018 · most notably Hatch v. Oklahoma (1995), Mitchell v. State (1994)
4 federal appellate · 24 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (Criminal Justice Act)
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · Edwards v. Arizona · Ake v. Oklahoma · Mahan & Rowsey, Inc. v. Oklahoma Natural Gas · United States v. Ewell
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“must necessarily be extended to include any expert which is `necessary for an adequate defense.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Banks v. State · Green v. State“Jf of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the particular field in forming opinions or inferences upon the subject, the facts or data need not be admissible in evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“when a defendant demonstrates to the trial judge that his sanity at the time of the offense is likely to be a significant factor at trial, the State must, at a minimum, assure the defendant access to a competent psychiatrist who will conduct an appropriate examination and assist in evaluation, preparation, and presentation of the defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Washington 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.