Patterson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1946
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently October 2002 · most notably 109 So. 2d 7 - Singer v. State (1959), Caruso v. State (1994)
30 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 People v. Siemsen · Holland v. State · Powell v. State · Myers v. State · Jeffcoat v. State
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There are general rules of limitations which are applicable to all methods of impeachment. If a witness is cross-examined concerning a collateral or irrelevant matter, the examiner is bound by the answer given. He must "take" the answer of the witness and may not subsequently introduce extrinsic evidence to impeach the witness. The test for determining whether a matter is collateral and non-material so that evidence is inadmissible to contradict the answer of the witness is whether the impeaching evidence would be admissible for any purpose other than the contradiction. Apparently there are two kinds of evidence that pass this test: (1) evidence which is relevant to independently prove a material fact or issue; (2) evidence which would discredit a witness by pointing out the bias, corruption or lack of competency of the witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“trial court to hear the application and either grant or refuse the same after considering the facts set forth therein and the affidavits accompanying it and any other affidavits or counter affidavits that may be filed and after hearing any witness produced by either side.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lozano v. State
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.