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State v. Morse’s Empirical Analysis

2015

Citation profile

18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
April 2025
most recently cited

18 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Moore · State v. Perry · State v. McCarthy · State v. Gollehon · State v. Brummer

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “the court may grant the defendant a new trial if required in the interest of justice”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “if justified by law and the weight of the evidence”
    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.