State v. Miner’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 40 later decisions — most recently June 2005 · most notably State v. Hamilton (1980), State v. Radi (1978)
40 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 United States v. Wade · Simmons v. United States · Stovall v. Denno · Spinelli v. United States · Kirby v. Illinois
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““* * * a mere probability is sufficient for probable cause, a prima facie showing not being necessary. Also affidavits of probable cause are subject to much less rigorous standards than the admissibility of evidence.” State v. Miner (1976), 169 Mont. 260, 264 , 546 P.2d 252, 255 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McGuinn v. State“... [u]nless the error is obvious and the prejudice clear, the defendant's remedy is in effective cross-examination with the identification question then becoming one of weight to be determined by the jury and not one of admissibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Pendergrass““* * * If it appears there is probable cause to believe that an offense has been committed by the defendant the judge shall grant leave to file the information * *”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McGuinn 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.