MITCHELL v. STATE’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
October 2025
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Faretta v. California · McKaskle v. Wiggins · Godinez v. Moran · Deck v. Missouri
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Plain error is an actual error, that is plain or obvious, and that affects a defendant's substantial rights, affecting the outcome of the trial.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. BARNES v. STATE · MASON v. STATE“Instructions are sufficient where they state the applicable law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. DAVIS v. STATE · ARCE v. STATE“An abuse of discretion is any unreasonable or arbitrary action made without proper consideration of the relevant facts and law, also described as a clearly erroneous conclusion and judgment, clearly against the logic and effect of the facts.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.