State v. Rule’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
December 1986
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Caron · State v. Bland · State v. Matthews · State v. Jones · State v. Fields
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]n cases involving unusually serious prosecutorial misconduct this court has required proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the misconduct was harmless before affirming. * * * On the other hand, in cases involving less serious pros-ecutorial misconduct this court has applied the test of whether the misconduct likely played a substantial part in influencing the jury to convict.”
2 later decisions 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.