State v. Contreras’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
121 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions — most recently February 2016 · most notably Morinville v. Morinville (1976), State v. Lerner (1973)
121 state decisions
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 Glasser v. United States · Screws v. United States · Yates v. United States · United States v. Murdock · Linkletter v. Walker
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Very generally, and without intending either to delve into their precise meanings or to explore the nuances which may differentiate one from the other, it may be said that to act either 'knowingly’ or 'wilfully’ is to act voluntarily and intentionally, and not because of mistake or accident or other innocent reason.” Id. at 537, 253 A.2d at 620 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. O'BRIEN · State v. Lima““That approval will not be disturbed by us unless it is shown either that it is clearly wrong or that the trial justice in reviewing the evidence overlooked or misconceived some which was relevant or material on a controlling issue.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Correia““[Ajdmission or rejection will hinge on whether what has been related by the patient will assist or is helpful in the diagnosis or treatment of his ailment.” Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Veluzat
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.