Chaviers v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently October 2015 · most notably Jones v. State (1980), Perry v. State (1982)
67 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 Upton v. State · Smith v. State · Limber v. State · Carter v. State · Wilson 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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In pointing out the pertinent testimony on the question of sufficiency of the evidence, we will view the evidence in the light most favorable to the state, considering only that testimony that lends support to the jury verdict and disregarding any conflicting testimony which could have been rejected by the jury on the basis of credibility. Chaviers v. State, 267 Ark. 7 , 588 S.W. 2d 434 [No. CR 79-148 (filed October 29, 1979)]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Wade v. State · Elkins v. State“... by the nature of things, one’s intent or purpose, being a state of mind, can seldom be positively known to others so it ordinarily cannot be shown by direct evidence, but may be inferred from the facts and circumstances shown in evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Wrather v. State · Sims v. State“We have many times said that declaring a mistrial is an extreme and drastic remedy which should be resorted to only when there has been an error so prejudicial that justice could not be served by continuing the trial. . . . The granting or denial of a motion for mistrial lies within the sound discretion of the trial judge and the exercise of that discretion should not be disturbed on appeal unless an abuse of that discretion is shown. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Tucker 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.