State v. Carlson’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · Simmons v. United States · Neil v. Biggers · United States v. Agurs
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The appropriateness of a solicitor's closing argument and the decision whether to grant a defendant's motion for a mistrial are matters within the trial judge's discretion that ordinarily will not be disturbed on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Smith“[i]mproper closing argument does not automatically require reversal of a conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Smith
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.