Corcoran v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 8 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'has sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding — and ... has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him.’”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Carson v. State · Mast v. State

2. “[alny other conclusion would suggest that each previous proceeding serves no valuable purpose and would degrade the entire [criminal] pro ceeding to nothing more than a random game of chance.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hill v. State · Graves v. State

3. “Corcoran ... made no statement to any of the experts evaluating him indicating that he wished to end his appeals in order to escape his paranoid delusions. Corcoran’s prison medical records and the testimony of each expert indicated that his psychotic symptoms were being controlled through various psychiatric medications. Corcoran himself spoke directly to his reasons for not pursuing post-conviction review and the contention that his delusions were prompting his actions at the post-conviction hearing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Corcoran v. Buss