State v. Bower’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
1
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Harrington v. California · Fahy v. Connecticut · State v. Mancini · State v. Colangelo
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““we look to the record with a view to determining what in our judgment would have been the probable impact of the improper evidence on the minds of an average jury. Once that judgment is made, we will assume that the objectionable evidence had a similar impact on the jury in this case.” State v. Bower, 109 R.I. 198, 201 , 283 A.2d 39, 41 (1971).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Burke
How this case has been treated — in progress
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