Bennett v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
105 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 109 later decisions — most recently February 2012 · most notably Echols v. State (1996), Misskelley v. State (1996)
105 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 Harris v. State · Gardner v. State · Earl v. State · Price v. State · Smith 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 109 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Cole v. State · Ray v. State““Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts. — Evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith. It may, however, be admissible for other purposes, such as proof of motive, opportunity, intent, preparation, plan, knowledge, identity, or absence of mistake or accident."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the prosecuting attorney shall disclose to defense counsel, upon timely request, ... any written or recorded statements and the substance of any oral statements made by the defendant or a co-defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bowden v. State
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.