State v. Gallow’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably State v. Shapiro (1983), 438 So. 2d 1091 - State v. Johnson (1983)
35 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 State v. Dotson · State v. Edwards · State v. Richmond · 304 So. 2d 300 - State v. Kaufman · 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Sessions of court shall be held at the parish courthouse and, if there is more than one courthouse in a parish, sessions may be held at any such courthouse, or sessions may be held at places within the parish other than the courthouse or courthouses in the discretion of the court: (2) To allow the jury or judge to view the place where the crime or any material part thereof is alleged to have | ¡^occurred, or to view an object which is admissible in evidence but which is difficult to produce in court.' At this view, the court shall not permit the taking of evidence except in connection with the place or object....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“there were several people involved in the shooting incident which resulted in the victim's death. . . . the location of each participant [was] critical. . . . [and] the photographs [introduced of the scene] were insufficient to show clearly the location of the participants.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Matthis“Whether the jury is allowed to view the scene of the crime is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court.”
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.