United States v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis
949 F.2d 921 · 1991
Citation profile
37 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently June 2021 · most notably United States v. Zarnes (1994), United States v. Teague (1992)
37 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2113 · 18 U.S.C. § 4241 · 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on Dusky v. United States · Pate v. Robinson · Drope v. Missouri · Eisenstadt v. Baker · Boatmen's National Bank of St. Louis v. Carver
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n order to justify a retrospective competency hearing, the appellant 'must present facts "sufficient to positively, unequivocally and clearly generate a real, substantial and legitimate doubt as to [his] mental competence.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“if there is reasonable cause to believe that the defendant may presently be suffering from a mental disease or defect rendering him mentally incompetent to the extent that he is unable to understand the nature and consequences of the proceedings against him or to assist properly in his defense.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding”
4 later decisions 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.