State v. O'BRIEN’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 2017
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · State v. MacOn · State v. Guido · United States v. Filani · United States v. Bland
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a judge questions a witness in such a way that he takes over the role of the prosecutor, it can give the jury the impression that the judge does not believe the witness, and that impression can deny the defendant his right to a fair trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the Civil and Criminal Practice Committees for consideration of a more detailed standard to guide judges in exercising their discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[b]ecause the rule is silent regarding the kinds of considerations that should inform such a determination,”
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.