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Vaughn v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2004

Citation profile

12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
January 2018
most recently cited

12 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · United States v. Young · Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · Darden v. Wainwright · United States v. Robinson

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

  1. “[c]onduct that would otherwise be improper may be excused under the 'invited reply' doctrine if the prosecutor's conduct was an appropriate response to statements or arguments made by the defense.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “[T]he idea of an invited response is used not to excuse improper comments, but to determine their effect on the trial as a whole.”
    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.