Stephens v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
53
cited by 53 later decisions
1
states following
April 1987
most recently cited
53 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Wade · New v. State · Hash v. State · Maynard v. State · Fulks 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““. . . With regard to the identification, Mrs. Collins’ testimony during appellant’s trial clearly established that her identification in court was based solely upon her observations of appellant and her recollection of his appearance at the time of the crimes. Thus, any possible irregularity concerning any line-up or photograph identification was harmless.. ..””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.