State v. Harrell’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
74 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently August 2013 · most notably State v. Bell (1998), Attorney Grievance Commission v. Fezell (2000)
74 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 Dorsey v. State · Kimbrough v. United States · United States v. Knife · In re Victor B. · Nance 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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where the language of the rule is clear and unambiguous, our analysis ends. However, the goal of such analysis is always to discern the legislative purpose. [ ] To that end we must consider the context in which [ ] the rule appears including related statutes or rules and relevant legislative history.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In determining whether a statement falls within the excited utterance exception, we examine the totality of the circumstances. A statement may be admitted under this exception if the declaration was made at such a time and under such circumstances that the exciting influence of the occurrence clearly produced a spontaneous and instinctive reaction on the part of the declarant who is still emotionally engulfed by the situation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cooper v. State“The following are not excluded by the hearsay rule, even though the declarant is available as a witness:.... ... [(b) ](2) Excited utterance. A statement relating to a startling event or condition made while the declarant was under the stress or excitement caused by the event or condition.”
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.