State v. Myers’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Illinois Power Co. v. Local Union No. 51, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · Durham v. United States · State v. Simants · Noble v. Sigler
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Nonexpert witnesses who have an intimate personal acquaintance with and an opportunity to observe the actions and demeanor of a person, before, at and after the time in question, may be permitted to testify as to his sanity or insanity when they have stated the primary facts which support their conclusion.” [Citing Torske v. State, 123 Neb. 161 , 242 N.W. 408 (1932).]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Norfolk“a nonexpert with an intimate personal acquaintance may be allowed to testify as to the sanity or insanity of a defendant”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Williams
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.