Wells v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently June 2005 · most notably Ashton v. Anderson (1972), Shipman v. State (1962)
42 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 Parker v. State · Beavers v. State · Dotterer v. State · Bessette v. State · Dunn v. State
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I}f the accused takes the stand in his own defense he automatically raises the issue of his credibility as a witness. Therefore, he may be interrogated on cross-examination regarding his unlawful conduct or convictions from which inferences may be drawn by the jury regarding his credibility as a witness. The rule is well settled with regard to such interrogation that if such witness is asked about other unlawful acts or conduct and denies them, then the interrogator is not permitted to pursue the matter further by the introduction of conflicting testimony regarding the disputed fact collaterally injected into the case. This rule is necessary in order that there be a definite end to interrogation regarding collateral matters. Otherwise, litigation might be extended ad infinitum. (emphasis in original; citations omitted). Id. 239 Ind. at 429, 430 , 158 N.E.2d at 263 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Highley v. State““The law presumes (subject to proof to the contrary) that a consent to a physical examination or to make a confession is ‘freely and knowingly’ given even though the person giving such consent is intoxicated.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Heichelbech v. State
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.