Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
March 2018
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Barnes v. State · Dickey v. State · 153 Ga. App. 801 - Henderson 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although a criminal defendant cannot be compelled to testify against himself, once he elects to testify and takes the stand, he can be examined and cross-examined as any other witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McKoy 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.