State v. Kennedy’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 1989
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Pruitt · State v. Robinson
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.
“A fundamental concept of our system of justice is that every person charged with a crime has an absolute right to a fair and impartial trial. Basic to this concept is the requirement of neutrality on the part of the trial judge, and it is imperative that he exercise a high degree of restraint, caution, and circumspection in making remarks or comments in the presence of the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Cook
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.