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← 273 Ark. 355 - Harris v. State

Harris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1981

Citation profile

13
cited by 13 later decisions
2
states following
March 1997
most recently cited

11 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on North Carolina v. Alford · West v. State · McConahay v. State · Walker v. Bishop · Leggins 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[Tjhe only way to ascertain the true meaning or import of any isolated remark is to consider it in the light and context in which it is uttered. This is just plain common sense as well as good law.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[t]he evidence of Harris's guilt was overwhelming.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “You did a good job, Susan. You step down.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.