324 N.J. Super. 463 - State v. Freeman’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 2013
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Martin · State v. Purnell · State v. Sloane · State v. Talley · State v. Smith
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 defendant should not be allowed to alter the State's trial strategy by admitting the commission of an unrelated, less serious offense, and then having the court charge the jury, over the State's objection, that it can return a verdict on that offense”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Pena“At a minimum, the trial judge must charge the jury ... that if the jury believes defendant's version of the facts, defendant must be acquitted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.