State v. Stoddard’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
68 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 68 later decisions — most recently March 1988 · most notably State v. McKenzie (1980), State v. McKenzie (1978)
68 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. Cor · State v. Bosch · State v. Souhrada · State v. Noble · State v. Gondeiro
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . this court is not-a trier of fact... in view of the presumption of innocence at the trial, the jury must have been instructed to that effect, but on appeal after conviction the rule changes. Then, if the record shows any substantial evidence to support the judgment, the presumption is in favor of such judgment.” State v. Stoddard (1966), 147 Mont. 402, 408 , 412 P.2d 827, 831 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ * * * this court has long held that a highway patrolman charged with the investigation of an accident who- views, investigates, and measures, and on this basis thereby arrives at certain opinions could be considered an expert, the weight being for the jury’s consideration. Hurly v. Star Transfer Company, 141 Mont. 176 , 376 P.2d 504 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Deshner““Patrolman Thomson testified he had some 10 years with the Patrol and had investigated over 700 accidents. He should have been allowed to state his opinion as to the point of impact. State v. Souhrada [ 122 Mont. 377 , 204 P.2d 792 ], supra; State v. Cline, 135 Mont. 372 , 339 P.2d 657 ; State v. Bosch, 125 Mont. 566 , 242 P.2d 477 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Deshner
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.