State v. Kern’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
2
states following
April 1993
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Kern · Fox v. Fox · State v. Hawthorne · State v. Byrd · State v. Luna
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A motion for postconviction relief cannot be used to secure review of issues which have already been litigated on direct appeal, or which were known to the defendant and counsel at the time of trial and which were capable of being raised, but were not raised, in the defendant’s direct appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Keithley
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.