State v. Stephens’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
December 2001
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Golding · State v. Hines · State v. Hinckley · State v. Miller · State v. King
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 defendant can prevail on a claim of constitutional error not preserved at trial only if all of the following conditions are met: . . . (2) the claim is of constitutional magnitude alleging the violation of a fundamental right. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“In the present case, the defendant has failed to meet the second prong of Golding because his claims of instructional impropriety are not of constitutional magnitude”
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.