McLaughlin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 2008
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · 666 So. 2d 767 - Cole v. State · 568 So. 2d 1173 - Roundtree v. State · 612 So. 2d 1080 - Nicolaou v. State · 287 So. 2d 759 - Herron v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“the defendant because of diminished or impaired mental functioning was either (a) unable to understand the difference between right and wrong, or (b) was unable to appreciate and comprehend the consequences of his actions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“in order to reverse, this Court would have to be reasonably satisfied that, had defense counsel pursued an insanity defense, it would have resulted in [the defendant] being found not guilty by reason of insanity.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“did not come close to being so mentally deficient as to lack an appreciation of the consequences of his action.”
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.