State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
March 1984
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Alston · State v. McDowell · State v. Yancey · State v. Braxton · State v. Jones
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.
“Whether the cross-examination transcends propriety or is unfair is a matter resting largely in the sole discretion of the trial judge, who sees and hears the witnesses and knows the background of the case. His ruling thereon will not be disturbed without a showing of gross abuse of discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Calloway
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.