State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
39
cited by 39 later decisions
1
states following
January 2026
most recently cited
38 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · State v. Dunn · State v. Tosh · State v. Menzies · Allen v. Friel
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'only if the cumulative ef-feet of the several errors undermines our confidence ... that a fair trial was had.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“appeal[ed] to the jurors' emotions by contending that the jury hafd] a duty to protect the alleged vietim-to become her partisan-which divert[ed] their attention from their legal duty to impartially apply the law to the facts.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In the absence of any circumstances suggesting otherwise, courts presume that the jury follows ... instructions.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Reid · State v. Moyer
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.