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State v. Wise’s Empirical Analysis

2004

Citation profile

42
cited by 42 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

40 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Morgan v. Illinois · Mu'Min v. Virginia · State v. Torrence · State v. Wilson · State v. Gaster

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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “An abuse of discretion occurs when the conclusions of the trial court either lack evidentiary support or are controlled by an error of law.”
    3 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “The admission or exclusion of evidence is a matter addressed to the sound discretion of the trial court and its ruling will not be disturbed in the absence of a manifest abuse of discretion accompanied by probable prejudice.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “The United States Constitution prohibits the imposition of the death penalty when it is either excessive or disproportionate in light of the crime and the defendant.”
    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.