State v. Pierce’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 2003
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · State v. McFarlin · State v. Rivera · State v. Toney · State v. Holder
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“You are permitted to consider evidence of other similar sexual offenses by the defendant only to the extent they show a propensity for sexual molestation or sexual aberration. Such evidence should not be considered for any purpose other than the defendant's state of mind. [4]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Feld v. Gerst“Cf. State v. McCuin, 167 Ariz. 447, 449 , 808 P.2d 332, 334 (App.1991)(court may properly consider abnormality of sexual acts when aggravating defendant's sentence for sexual conduct with a minor). Common definitions of the term”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Feld v. Gerst
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.