State v. Willard’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
1
states following
August 1986
most recently cited
36 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on California v. Curry · State v. Goines · State v. McKinney · State v. Hamilton · State v. Britt
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]here’s some evidence . . . that [the witness] was testifying under an agreement ... for a charge reduction and a sentence concession ... in exchange for his testimony. If you find that he testified in whole or in part for that reason then you should examine his testimony with great care and caution in deciding whether ... to believe it. If after you have done so you believe the testimony ... in whole or in part then you should treat what you believe the same as any other believable evidence in the case.”
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.