Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
37
cited by 37 later decisions
1
states following
May 2024
most recently cited
37 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Williams v. State · Olds v. State · Davis 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'trial court has broad discretion in accepting or rejecting the qualifications of the expert, and its judgment will not be disturbed on appeal absent an abuse of discretion.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Flannigan v. State · Patel v. State“[i]n criminal proceedings, the opinions of experts on any question of science, skill, trade or like questions shall always be admissible.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Patel v. State · Watson v. State“'the evidentiary requirements relating to the admissibility of expert opinion testimony in a criminal case under the new Evidence Code (OCGA § 24-7-707 ) are nearly identical to those that applied under the former Evidence Code (OCGA § 24-9-67 )'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Flannigan 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.