State v. Gaster’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
148 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Flemming v. Nestor · Kansas v. Hendricks · Mark Seling Superintendent Special Commitment Center v. Andre Brigham Young · Strother v. Lexington County Recreation Commission · State v. McDonald
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 148 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The admission of evidence is within the discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“When ruling on a [defendant's] motion for directed verdict, a [circuit] court is concerned with the existence of evidence, not its weight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Prather
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.