State v. Emerson’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Simmons v. United States · Manson v. Brathwaite · Luce v. United States · Hill v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners, Local 25 · United States v. Robertson
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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]here was no evidence presented by the State that the fingerprints on the knife were smudged or of such a quality that comparison could not be made.... [T]here's been no evidence as to whose print that was[,]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.