State v. Wakefield’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matters of Lee Roy Murchison and John Whites · Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., Inc. · Suggs v. State · Davis v. State · Reed v. State
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen a trial court grants a new trial on special grounds involving a question of law, we review the grant de novo and reverse if the trial court committed legal error.”
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.