State v. Locklear’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently October 2004
14 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 Webb v. Texas · State v. Rhodes · State v. Locklear
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[J]udicial warnings and admonitions to a witness [made in or out of the presence of the jury] with reference to perjury are not to be issued lightly or impulsively. Unless given discriminatively and in a careful manner they can upset the delicate balance of the scales which a judge must hold evenhandedly. Potential error is inherent in such warnings, and in a criminal case they create special hazards.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Sheeley v. State · State v. Lamb“The presiding judge is given large discretionary power as to the conduct of a trial. Generally, in the absence of controlling statutory provisions or established rules, all matters relating to the orderly conduct of the trial or which involve the proper administration of justice in the court, are within his discretion.... Thus a trial judge may, if the necessity exists because of some statement or action of the witness, excuse the jurors and, in a judicious manner, caution the witness to testify truthfully, pointing out to him generally the consequences of perjury....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Archer v. State“... sit up close to the microphone ... take your hand away from your mouth .. . put your hands in your lap ... speak up and answer the questions that are asked of you. ... My observation is that the witness is being a, [sic] recalcitrant and hesitant and [sic] because of that I’m going to allow you to explore this matter in the absence of the Jury at this time----”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Archer 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.