State v. Marvin’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
43 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably State v. Thomas (1981), State v. Zaragoza (1983)
43 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 State v. Gonzales · State v. Childs · People v. Danielly · Tucker v. Reil · Maryland Casualty Co. v. Seattle Electric Co.
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The testimony concerning religious beliefs was intended to bolster appellant’s credibility .... Since the state cannot assail a witness’ credibility because of his religious beliefs or lack thereof, neither may a witness seek to enhance his testimony in reliance thereon.” (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Thomas
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.