State v. Roberts’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
December 1968
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Ramsey · State v. Turner · State v. Daegele · State v. Whitaker · State v. Fine
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘The verdict was against the weight of the evidence.’ State v. Benjamin, Mo., 309 S.W.2d 602, 607 (10); State v. Hall, supra (4). “ ‘The verdict was against the law.’ State v. Daegele, Mo., 302 S.W.2d 20, 22 (2). “ ‘The verdict was against the law and the evidence.’ State v. Turner, Mo., 320 S.W.2d 579, 586 (17). “ ‘The closing argument on behalf of the State was an appeal to bias and prejudice.’ State v. Mathews, Mo., 328 S.W.2d 642, 645 (5); State v. Ruffin, Mo., 286 S.W.2d 743, 749 (20).””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Caldwell
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.