Forrest v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1976

Citation profile

cited by 45 later decisions

states following

August 2017

most recently cited

45 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 45 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably 460 So. 2d 778 - May v. State (1984), 361 So. 2d 1360 - Irving v. State (1978)

45 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 Floyd v. State · Russell v. State · 320 So. 2d 368 - Clemons v. State · 219 So. 2d 673 - New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary v. Lacy · 279 So. 2d 599 - Clanton 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

“An error is harmless only when it is apparent on the face of the record that a fair minded jury could have arrived at no verdict other than that of guilty.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Ott v. State · Fox v. State
“The improper questions and improper argument, when considered together were reasonably calculated to unduly influence the jury in its decision. None of these errors, when considered separately and apart from the others, is sufficient to justify reversal of the case. However, when they are considered as a whole, it is our view that they resulted in the appellant being denied a fair trial. Russell v. State, 185 Miss. 464 , 189 So. 90 (1939); Nelson v. State, 129 Miss. 288 , 92 So. 66 (1922). ( 335 So.2d at 903 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 402 So. 2d 338 - Shelby v. State
“The general rule is that where the trial judge sustains defendant's objection to the remarks and instructs the jury to disregard the statement, the remedial acts of the court are usually sufficient to remove any taint of prejudice. . . . ( 335 So.2d at 903 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
e.g. 375 So. 2d 994 - Gray 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.