Chapman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
3
states following
November 1986
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Barber v. Page · Hall v. State · LaFrance v. Bohlinger
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The defendant, who was in custody at the time, was neither notified nor brought to the taking of the deposition as the rule unmistakably requires..." ..... "The use of a deposition, taken in the involuntary absence of a defendant, as evidence against him violates the defendant's right to be personally present during his trial and his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses. The presence of defendant's counsel, considering the unreasonably short notice he was given of the deposition taking, is insufficient to cure the error... ." Chapman v. State, supra, at 138.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The defendant, who was in custody at the time, was neither notified nor brought to the taking of the deposition as the rule unmistakably requires...”
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.