Bennett v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently November 2015 · most notably Hughes v. State (1981), Hooks v. State (1980)
30 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 State v. Orecchio · Pell v. State · Bantum v. State · State v. Felch · 38 Cal. App. 253 - People v. Fong Sing
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A prosecuting attorney represents all the people, including the defendant who was being tried. It is his duty to see that the State’s case is presented with earnestness and vigor, but it is equally his duty to see that justice be done by giving defendant a fair and impartial trial.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Sexton v. State · Hooks v. State““The determination of the question as to whether or not defendant was prejudiced is a matter which lies within the discretion of the trial judge.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alber v. Wise
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.