175 Wis. 2d 116 - State v. Ledger’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
40 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently April 2021 · most notably State v. Huebner (2000), 216 Wis. 2d 61 - State v. Keith (1997)
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 · Neil v. Biggers · Stovall v. Denno · Manson v. Brathwaite
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, criminal cases shall be tried by a jury selected as prescribed in s. 805.08, unless the defendant waives a jury in writing or by statement in open court'or under s. 967.08(2)(b), on the record, with the approval of the court and the consent of the state.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Huebner“Even where we believe that a particular decision is incorrect and decisions from other jurisdictions are better reasoned, we are prevented from changing existing law as announced by our supreme court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[statistical studies suggest that the risk of convicting an innocent person. . .rises as the size of the jury diminishes”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Huebner
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.