Edwards v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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. “a trial court may deny a defendant's request to act pro se when the defendant is mentally competent to stand trial but suffers from severe mental illness to the point where he is not competent to conduct trial proceedings by himself.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Yusuf Hotep-El v. State of Indiana · Ronnie Ricketts, Jr. v. State of Indiana

2. “Edwards was evaluated by several mental health professionals from 1999 through 2004 and was diagnosed at various points in time with schizophrenia of an undifferentiated type, disorganized type schizophrenia,- a delusional disorder, and a personality disorder. Edwards’s psychiatric evaluations reveal that he experienced hallucinations and delusions, and that he manifested disorganized thought processes and impaired verbal- communication. - Several psychiatric reports concluded that Edwards was not competent to stand trial 'in the first instance, let alone represent himself.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Susan E. Sturdivant v. State of Indiana

3. “Indeed, the [United States] Supreme Court noted in [ Indiana v. Edwards , 554 U.S. 164 , 128 S.Ct. 2379 , 171 L.Ed.2d 345 (2008),] that 'the trial judge [...] will often prove best able to make more fine-tuned mental capacity decisions, tailored to the individualized circumstances of a particular defendant.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ronnie Ricketts, Jr. v. State of Indiana