State v. Patton’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently January 2022 · most notably State v. Gunby (2006), State v. Gonzalez (2006)
2 federal appellate · 39 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 Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Batson v. Kentucky · Hernandez v. New York · Purkett v. Elem · Frye v. United States
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[E]videntiary rules governing admission and exclusion may be applied either as a matter of law or in the exercise of the district judge's discretion, depending on the contours of the rule in question.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Goodson · State v. Kleypas““Allegations of judicial misconduct during trial must be decided on the particular facts and circumstances surrounding such alleged misconduct. In order to require the granting of a new trial, it must affirmatively appear that the conduct was of such a natiire that it prejudiced the substantial rights of the complaining party. The mere possibility of prejudice from a judge’s remark is not sufficient to overturn a verdict or judgment.” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Hayden“The validity of pure opinion is tested by cross-examination of the witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Carr
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.