State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
74 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently June 2005 · most notably 446 So. 2d 729 - State v. Prudholm (1984), 412 So. 2d 1313 - State v. Robicheaux (1982)
74 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 State v. Davis · State v. Copling · State v. Jones · State v. Di Vincenti · State v. Bell
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court, on motion of the defendant, shall grant a new trial whenever:”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(3) New and material evidence that, notwithstanding the exercise of reasonable diligence by the defendant, was not discovered before or during the trial, is available, and if the evidence had been introduced at the trial it would probably have changed the verdict or judgment of guilty;”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Phanor · State v. Brown“"* * * Our jurisprudence is legion that the granting or refusing of motions for a new trial rests within the sound discretion of trial judges, and great reliance is placed upon them by appellate courts that they will exercise that discretion well and soundly."”
2 later decisions 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.