West v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
March 1995
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McClellan v. State · United States v. Bledsoe · Owens 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In cases in which character or a trait of character of a person is an essential element of a charge, claim, or defense, proof may also be made of specific instances of his conduct.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lehman
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.