Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

154 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 160 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “in that counsel unreasonably failed to move the trial court for a mental examination to determine if [Movant] was competent to proceed, even though counsel was aware that [Movant] was born with spina bifida, that he has a shunt to help keep fluid from collecting around his brain stem and spinal column, and that his condition causes him to have impaired intellectual functioning, and counsel’s failure to request adjudication of this issue prejudiced [Movant] because he entered his plea in an involuntary and unknowing manner, and was convicted and sentenced even though he did not have a rational and factual understanding of the proceedings against him and could not assist in his own defense.[ 3 ]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gooch v. State · Wills v. State

2. “[a]n Alford plea ... stands on equal footing with one in which an accused specifically admits the commission of the particular act charged.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rice v. Barnes · 17 F. Supp. 2d 1044 - Henderson v. Municipality of Cool Valley

3. “Because the sole deficiency in the pro se motion, the absence of verification, was remedied by a timely filed, verified, amended motion that presented the claims litigated in this proceeding, the purpose of the verification requirement was satisfied in this case. See Kilgore v. State, 791 S.W.2d 393, 395 (Mo. banc 1990). This Court finds that the motion court had jurisdiction to proceed.”

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