Hartry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
March 2013
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Brady v. State of Maryland · Cargill v. State · Cook v. State · Ross 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a prosecutor’s opening statement must be confined to what he or she expects the evidence to prove at trial... a conviction will not be reversed if the opening statement was made in good faith, and the trial court instructs the jury that opening statements are not to be considered as evidence during deliberations.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Peterson v. State · Mikell v. State“[A] prosecutor's opening statement must be confined to what he or she expects the evidence to prove at trial. [Cits.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Parker 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.