State v. Meadows’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably 1 Tenn. Crim. App. 199 - State Ex Rel. Lawrence v. Henderson (1968), State Ex Rel. Gann v. Henderson (1968)
58 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 McDonald v. United States · Dorsey v. United States · Pennsylvania v. Budd Co. · Dorsey v. Gill · Dorsey v. Gill
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whether a prisoner should be shackled or handcuffed during a criminal prosecution must be left to the sound discretion of the trial judge and unless that discretion is abused, it will not be disturbed on appeal. Matthews v. State, 77 Tenn. 128 (1882); Poe v. State, 78 Tenn. 673, 677 (1882). “In the Matthews case it was said a prisoner ‘* * should not, during his trial, be manacled or handcuffed; but should be left free from shackles, unless some such restraint should be necessary to prevent escape.’ 77 Tenn. at 130 . “The record shows that this petitioner had a record of prior escapes from confinement.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““It has been repeatedly held that a habeas corpus proceeding is a civil proceeding and constitutional right to counsel guaranteed by the State and Federal Constitutions has no application.” 215 Tenn. at 676 , 389 S.W.2d at 260 .”
1 later decision 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.