James v. Singletary’s Empirical Analysis
957 F.2d 1562 · 1992
Citation profile
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 88 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably 206 Ill. 2d 381 - People v. Tenner (2003), Wright v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections W (2002)
29 federal appellate · 1 district · 21 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Townsend v. Sain · Cuyler v. Sullivan · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Dusky v. United States
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 88 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'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.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a rebuttable presumption of incompetency upon a showing by a habeas petitioner that the state trial court failed to hold a competency hearing ... despite information raising a bona fide doubt as to the petitioner's competency,”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“'[c]ourts in habeas corpus proceedings should not consider claims of mental incompetence to stand trial where the facts are not sufficient to positively, unequivocally, and clearly generate a real, substantial, and legitimate doubt as to the mental capacity of the petitioner.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.