Gaskin v. the State’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
October 2022
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Bradshaw v. State · Cowart v. State · State v. Frost · Parker 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[b]ecause OCGA § 24-6-608 (b) places the decision whether to admit specific instances of conduct within the trial court's discretion, we will reverse the trial court's ruling only on a clear abuse of that discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“it is highly probable that the error did not contribute to the verdict.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Such instances may however, in the discretion of the court, if probative of truthfulness or untruthfulness, be inquired into on cross-examination of the witness ... [c]oncerning the witness's character for truthfulness or untruthfulness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. ALLEN v. the 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.