State v. Cummings’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2011
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chambers v. Mississippi · State v. Nero · State v. Brown · State v. Sturm
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no sense to rigidly adhere to the literal words of the rule when ordinary language conveys the same message without the use of legal jargon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“the right to call witnesses to appear on his behalf.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.