Gann v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently January 2001 · most notably Norton v. State (1980), Lopez v. State (1988)
31 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 Gibson v. State · Cooper v. State · Pierce v. State · Masterson v. State · Conrad v. Tomlinson
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"When an irregularity such as this [bailiff reporting jury's question regarding verdict forms to trial judge instead of bringing jury into court] occurs harm will be presumed, and if the irregularity is not explained, a reversal of the judgment should follow. However, if an explanation for the alleged misconduct is offered, and if this Court is satisfied that no harm or prejudice resulted, then the judgment of the trial court will not be disturbed."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Randall v. State · Shultz v. State“Misbehavior or irregularity on the part of a juror must-in order to warrant a new trial-be gross and it must be shown to have probably injured the accused.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State · Reed v. State“The important point is not who offers an explanation but that this court be satisfied that `no harm or prejudice resulted' from the misconduct of the bailiff.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Shultz 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.