State v. Pagan’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
161
cited by 161 later decisions
2
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 159 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Torrence · State v. Lyle · State v. Bailey · State v. Gaster · United States v. Foutz
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 161 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“An abuse of discretion occurs when the conclusions of the trial court either lack evidentiary support or are controlled by an error of law.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“The admission of evidence is within the discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion.”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A]n insubstantial error not affecting the result of the trial is harmless where `guilt has been conclusively proven by competent evidence such that no other rational conclusion can be reached.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. King · State v. Brown
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.