Staggs v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
March 1978
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Turner v. State · 2 Smith & H. 633 - Keller v. State · Ferguson v. Moore · King v. State · City of Haskell v. Webb
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the case of Turner v. State, 188 Tenn. 312 , at page 324, 219 S.W.2d 188 , the Court quoted with approval the following: ‘ “It is thoroughly settled, under our practice, that objectionable argument or improper remarks of counsel afford no ground for a new trial, where no objection is made or exception taken at the time of the argument. Smith v. State, 90 Tenn. 575 , 18 S.W. 248 ; King v. State, 91 Tenn. 617 , 20 S.W. 169 ; Morgan v. Duffey, 94 Tenn. 686 , 30 S.W. 735 ; Ferguson v. Moore, 98 Tenn. 342 , 39 S.W. 341 .” Sherman v. State, 125 Tenn. 19, 47 , 140 S.W. 209 , 216.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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