State v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
217 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 230 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2026 · most notably State v. Lott (1990), State v. Mills (1992)
217 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 Witherspoon v. Illinois · State v. Dehass · Wainwright v. Witt · Caldwell v. Mississippi · State v. Long
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 230 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“it is prejudicial error in a criminal case to refuse to administer a requested charge which is pertinent to the case, states the law correctly, and is not covered by the general charge.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“"1. the nature and circumstances of the offense; "2. the history, character and background of the offender; "3. whether the victim induced or facilitated the offense; "4. whether the offender was under duress, coercion or strong provocation at the time of the offense; "5. whether, at the time of the offense, the offender had a mental disease or defect that deprived him of substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the law; "6. the youth of the offender; "7. the offender's history of criminal convictions and delinquency adjudications; "8. for one not a principal offender, the degree of participation in the offense and in the acts leading to the victim's death; "9. any other factors relevant to the imposition of the death penalty."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Green“(1) The burden of proof is placed upon the defendant to demonstrate prejudice, (2) it is presumed that the trial judge is in the best position to decide when a breach is committed and what corrective measures are called for, (3) the remarks are to be considered in light of the circumstances under which they are made, (4) consideration is to be given to their possible effect upon the jury, and (5) to their possible impairment of the effectiveness of counsel.”
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.