Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
132 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 134 later decisions — most recently February 2022 · most notably Bartholomey v. State (1972), Maus v. State (1987)
132 state decisions — followed in 14 states
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 Williams v. People of State of New York · Burns v. United States · Escoe v. Zerbst · In Re Pennica · Marshall v. Commonwealth
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 134 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘ * * * Probation is a personal privilege of which the grantee may not be deprived arbitrarily or capriciously, but if one charged with breach of probation is given notice of the charges of violation of the conditions and the opportunity to answer or explain the facts which have come to the knowledge of the judge, even though not in the manner required by the rules of evidence, and the facts justify revocation, the act of revocation is not arbitrary or capricious.’ ” 108 Ariz. at 432, 501 P.2d at 16 .”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]he facts presented to or coming to the knowledge of the judge, as to the breach of the conditions of probation, need not establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt as in criminal offenses; all that is required is that the facts before him be such that the judge reasonably could be satisfied that the conduct of the probationer has not been what he agreed it would be if he were given liberty. [Scott v. State, supra, 238 Md. at 276 , 208 A.2d at 581 ; Edwardsen v. State, 220 Md. 82, 88-89 , 151 A.2d 132, 135-36 (1959).]”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“I will not comment on the verdict of the jury. But, I do know that there was certain proffered evidence, and important evidence, which the jury did not hear, and which it could not hear under the rules of evidence. / can not help but believe, in my own mind, that regardless of the technical rules of evidence which apparently resulted in the verdict of not guilty, plus the skill of your counsel, that you actually did commit this one act, the assault with which you were charged in two counts. I can not fulfill my obligation to the public by allowing you to go free, having this knowledge in my mind that the jury could not hear.”
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.