State v. Garrett’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Alexander · State v. Nichols · State v. Dennis · State v. Miller · 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally, the grant or refusal of a new trial is within the trial [court]'s discretion and will not be disturbed on appeal without a clear abuse of that discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Thompson“Whe[n] there is competent evidence to sustain a jury's verdict, the trial [court] may not substitute [its] judgment for that of the jury and overturn that verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Thompson“An abuse of discretion occurs when a trial court's decision is unsupported by the evidence or controlled by an error of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hurell
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.