State v. Ballew’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
May 1983
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lanzetta v. State New Jersey · State v. Keeler · State v. Gaimos · Harris v. State · State v. Boe
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"... refusal to give such an instruction will be error only when some specific cause is shown for distrusting the testimony of the complaining witness. Such causes might include manifest malice, desire for revenge, or an absence of corroborating evidence tending to support the facts testified to by the complaining witness." 166 Mont. at 276 , 532 P.2d at 411 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Just · State v. Higley
How this case has been treated — in progress
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