Bonga v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “prosecutor, defense attorney, and the court share the duty to protect the right of a defendant not to be tried or convicted while incompetent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Curtis

2. “A defendant has a due process right not to be tried [and] convicted of a criminal charge if he or she is legally incompetent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hallmark

3. “create[s] a sufficient doubt of the defendant's competence,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Hallmark