State v. Randol’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
2 district · 77 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 81 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 2011 · most notably Thompson v. Oklahoma (1988), State v. Jarrette (1974)
2 district · 77 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 Furman v. Georgia · Moore v. Illinois · Cree v. Goldstein · Pope v. Nebraska · Gordon v. United States
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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(1) In any prosecution, the court upon motion of the defendant shall order that the case be transferred as to him to another county or district if the court is satisfied that there exists in the county where the prosecution is pending so great a prejudice against the defendant that he cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial in that county.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““The mere publication of newspaper articles does not establish prejudice per se that defendant cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial in the county.” (Syl. fl.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““ ‘A change of venue in a criminal case lies within the sound discretion of the trial court. [Citations omitted.] The burden of proof is cast upon defendant to show prejudice in the community which will prevent him from obtaining a fair and impartial trial. [Citations omitted.] Media publicity alone has never established prejudice per se. Defendant must show prejudice has reached the community to the degree it is impossible to get an impartial jury.’ “ ‘Furthermore, prejudice must be established “not as a matter of speculation but as a demonstrable reality.” ’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.