State v. Lamar Scales’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Myers · State v. Thompson · United States v. Leonard T. Robinson, United States of America v. James E. McCaffity United States of America v. Louis Johnson · State v. Bubar · State v. Lapham
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A golden rule argument-which asks jurors to place themselves in the position of a party-is universally condemned because it encourages the jury to depart from neutrality and to decide the case on the basis of personal interest and bias rather than on evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“As adults, no one would want to ever come into court ... and say, okay, I'm going to talk now about my first sexual experience.... Imagine how difficult it would be for an adult, and then put yourself in the eyes of a twelve-year-old child , and how difficult and challenging it would have been for her, and for her to come here, as well.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he longstanding rule in Vermont is that counsel should confine argument to the evidence of the case and inferences properly drawn from it,”
1 later decision 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.