Comi v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently September 1999 · most notably Poole v. State (1983), Yopps v. State (1962)
35 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Michelson v. United States · Berger v. State · Shedlock v. Marshall · United States v. Conforti · Williams v. Graff
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When the defendant’s character, in the sense of reputation as distinguished from disposition, is thus put in issue, particular ácts of misconduct which might affect his general reputation may be referred to as a test of the witness’ credibility and the grounds of his belief. Stewart v. United States, 70 App. D.C. 101 , 104 F.2d 234, 235 . In this connection, the cases indicate that no distinction is to be drawn between convictions and charges which result in acquittal. . . .” 3 202 Md. at 479.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Taylor v. State“that an accused may introduce testimony of his general reputation for good character, ...” and”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Poole v. State
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.