State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably 151 Ill. 2d 498 - People v. Ramey (1992), State v. Beckham (1999)
48 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 Batson v. Kentucky · Berger v. United States · National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co. · John Doe v. John Doe · Reed v. Campbell
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Further, appellant was the first to bring out the El Rukn's involvement in drug dealing. A previous witness, gang member Eugene Hunter, testified appellant was a friend of Jeff Fort, the head of El Rukns, and was assisting the El Rukns in establishing a legitimate business. On cross-examination, appellant elicited testimony from Hunter that El Rukns were involved in drug dealing. Since appellant opened the door to this evidence, he cannot complain of prejudice from its admission.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Young“An exemption to disclosure based on 'interference with enforcement proceedings' has been construed to exempt disclosure of any information that would give a party litigant greater access to the government's opposing case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pope v. Wilson“Harris testified that in the 1980's he was in charge of drug operations for the organization. He was subsequently asked when he first became acquainted with appellant and he answered”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Young
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.