State v. Belton (Slip Opinion)’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
214
cited by 214 later decisions
1
states following
July 2024
most recently cited
214 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Brady v. State of Maryland · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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 214 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“that when a capital defendant in Ohio elects to waive his or her right to have a jury determine guilt, the Sixth Amendment does not guarantee the defendant a jury at the sentencing phase of trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“it is not possible to make a factual finding during sentencing phase that will expose a defendant to greater punishment.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Jackson · State v. Carter“The cumulative-error doctrine provides that 'a conviction will be reversed when the cumulative effect of errors in a trial deprives a defendant of a fair trial even though each of the numerous instances of trial-court error does not individually constitute cause for reversal.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Beasley
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.