Lake v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently December 1997 · most notably Alicea v. Gagnon (1982), Bowen v. State (1975)
36 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 Akins v. Texas · ANTROBUS v. State · State v. Taylor · Shuemak v. State · 41 Wis. 2d 129 - State Ex Rel. Simos v. Burke
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`* * * The mere fact of inequality in the number selected does not in itself show discrimination. A purpose to discriminate must be present which may be proven by systematic exclusion of eligible jurymen of the proscribed race or by unequal application of the law to such an extent as to show intentional discrimination.'"”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ard v. State · Taylor v. State“"Appellant also argues that testimony of Marie Lewis was unbelievable, and that the appellant was also prejudiced when the State attempted to impeach its Witness Beverly. As we have pointed out, whether or not the jury believed the testimony of Marie Lewis was entirely their prerogative. This evidence will not be weighed by this Court."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““. . . . This Court will not presume prejudice merely because a particular panel did not happen to include members of a particular minority group.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ard 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.