Aldridge v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1989
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Patterson v. New York · Leland v. Oregon · Rivera v. Delaware · Parrish v. State · McGhee 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an issue set apart from the crime charged, to be introduced by special plea and decided by a special verdict.”
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.