State v. Wharton’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
4
states following
August 1972
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ker v. People of the State of Illinois · Newhall v. Le Breton · Mahon v. Justice · State v. Wellman · Converse v. Hand
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““State v. Simmons, supra, relied on by defendant, was a proceedings in contempt and foreign to the facts in the instant case. It has no application, and anything said therein which conflicts with the views herein expressed is disapproved.” (p. 696.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Jurisdiction of the person in a criminal action is not affected by the way it is acquired.” (Syl. ¶[ 2.)”
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.