State v. Aker’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
51
cited by 51 later decisions
1
states following
March 2026
most recently cited
51 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Arlington · State v. White · State v. Kougl · State v. Daniels · State v. Clyde Hayden Sr.
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A prosecutor's argument is not plain error if made in the context of discussing the evidence presented and how it should be used to evaluate a witness's testimony under the principles set forth in the jury instructions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. T. Ritesman“[W]e generally have refused to invoke plain error review of allegedly improper closing arguments regarding witness credibility.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Laird
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.