State v. Metcalf’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently December 2003 · most notably State v. Just (1979), State v. Higley (1980)
36 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. Yoss · State v. Bouldin · State v. Cates · State v. Welch · State v. Gallagher
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Under the laws of Montana, as applied to this case, a person guilty of Assisting a Prisoner in an Attempt to Escape is punishable by imprisonment in the Montana State Prison for a term not exceeding ten years, and fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars. Further, the Court has the discretion of releasing the defendant on probation, deferring the imposition of sentence for a period not to exceed three years, suspending the execution of the sentence up to the maximum sentence allowed for the particular offense or imposing any combination thereof. “In the event you return a verdict of guilty of the crime of Assisting a Prisoner in an Attempt to Escape, the Judge must assess and declare the punishment. “In the event you return a verdict of not guilty, the defendant must be released and discharged.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Zuidema“"... disputed questions of fact and the credibility of witnesses will not be considered on appeal but that determination of such matters is within the province of the jury. As long as there is substantial evidence to support the verdict it will not be disturbed on appeal (citing cases). Here, the testimony of the prosecutrix and the surrounding circumstances constituted substantial evidence to support the conviction." 456 P.2d at 834-835 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Maxwell““In this jurisdiction a directed verdict in a criminal case is given only where the State fails to prove its case and there is no evidence upon which a jury could base its verdict. State v. Yoss, 146 Mont. 508 , 409 P.2d 452 ; State v. Widdicombe, 130 Mont. 325 , 301 P.2d 1116 ; State v. Welch, 22 Mont. 92 , 55 P. 927 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Paulson
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.