State v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 21 later decisions — most recently February 2015
19 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 Batson v. Kentucky · Lockett v. Ohio · Swain v. State of Alabama · Eddings v. Oklahoma · Barefoot v. Estelle
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Information Not Subject to Disclosure: Except as provided [above] this rule does not authorize the discovery or inspection of ... statements made by prosecution witnesses or prospective prosecution witnesses provided that [(1)] after a prosecution witness has testified on direct examination, the court shall, on motion of the defendant, order the prosecution to produce any statement of the witness in the possession of the prosecution which relates to the subject matter as to which the witness has testified; and provided further that [(2)] the court may upon a sufficient showing, require the production of any statement of any prospective witness prior to the time such witness testifies. (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Patterson“South also contends the trial judge erred in refusing to permit defense counsel to ask the jurors hypothetical questions concerning the death penalty. Clearly, the questions would have been improper since the purpose of voir dire is to insure each juror can make a decision based on the evidence presented, rather than hypothetical evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Patterson“MR. DUSENBURY (Attorney for Skipper): So none of these witnesses will be permitted to testify? THE COURT: I don't know what they are going to say but I am telling you they will not be permitted to testify about his adjustability to prison life. [Parenthesis supplied].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Patterson
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.