State v. Greene’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
78 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McKoy v. North Carolina · North Star Steel Co. v. Thomas · Nebraska v. Wyoming · Midland Central Appraisal District v. Midland Industrial Service Corp. · Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United Distribution Cos.
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[P]lain error analysis applies only to instructions to the jury and evidentiary matters.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage“'the mere number of criminal activities is not dispositive.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Thompson · State v. Bell““In deciding whether to submit this statutory mitigating circumstance, the trial court must determine whether a rational jury could conclude that the defendant had no significant history of prior criminal activity. A defendant’s criminal history is considered “significant” if it is likely to affect or have an influence upon the determination by the jury of its recommended sentence.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Parker
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.