State v. Sturgis’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
September 2024
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · 195 L. Ed. 2d 604 - Mathis v. United States · State v. Elnicki · State v. Keel · State v. Dickey
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.
“[A] prosecutor commits error by misstating the evidence, even when the misstatement is accidental or inadvertent.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“must accurately reflect the evidence, accurately state the law, and cannot be 'intended to inflame the passions or prejudices of the jury or to divert the jury from its duty to decide the case based on the evidence and the controlling law.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Doyle
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.