State v. Dixon’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
54 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 54 later decisions — most recently July 2013 · most notably Gargliano v. State (1994), State v. Dixon (2006)
54 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 United States v. Trejo-Zambrano · United States v. Oaxaca · United States v. Ortiz · United States v. Fowler · State v. Stone
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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * we, as do the federal courts, recognize that any felony even if it does not involve false statement or dishonesty, has probative value on the issue of the credibility of the defendant. “Under Rule 609(a) the trial court has wide discretion in deciding whether to exclude evidence of prior convictions because its prejudicial effect is greater than its probativeness on lack of credibility, (citations omitted) The exercise of this discretion should not be disturbed absent a clear showing of abuse, (citation omitted). * * * ” State v. Dixon, 126 Ariz. 613, 618 , 617 P.2d 779, 784 (App.1980).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Dalglish“Prior convictions are not inadmissible per se ... merely because the offense involved is identical to that for which the defendant is on trial.”). . Defendant also argues the court erred by not weighing the probative value of the name of the 2004 Drug Conviction against its potential to be unfairly prejudicial. The record, however, reflects that the court found the evidence admissible under Arizona Rule of Evidence 403. See Ariz. R. Evid. 403 (Evidence that is otherwise relevant is inadmissible”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Doty“the jury should have before it all information which might reflect on the truthfulness of the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Davis
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.