228 Wis. 2d 868 - State v. Thoms’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 124 Wis. 2d 525 - State v. Dyess · 216 Wis. 2d 768 - State v. Sullivan · 189 Wis. 2d 505 - State v. Gerard · 139 Wis. 2d 45 - State v. Grant · 221 Wis. 2d 435 - State v. DeKeyser
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the test [is] whether there is a reasonable possibility that the error contributed to the conviction. If it did, reversal and a new trial must result.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“focus [is] on whether the error undermines our confidence in the case's outcome,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“certain[ty] that the error did not influence the jury 'or had such slight effect as to be de minimus.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Payano
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.