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← 172 N.J. 374 - State v. Savage

State v. Savage’s Empirical Analysis

2002

Citation profile

71
cited by 71 later decisions
2
states following
January 2019
most recently cited

2 federal appellate · 67 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Bourjaily v. United States · State v. Ramseur · State v. Green · State v. Martin · State v. Crisantos (Arriagas)

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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “only where the facts in evidence `clearly indicate' the appropriateness of that charge.”
    4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “whether the evidence presents a rational basis on which the jury could acquit the defendant of the greater charge and convict the defendant of the lesser.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “cannot be dealt with in isolation ... [and] should be examined as a whole to determine its overall effect.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.