State v. Douglas’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
50
cited by 50 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
50 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Bailey · State v. Gaster · State v. Alexander · Arnold v. State · State v. Saltz
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 50 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.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Simmons · State v. Herrera“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.”
3 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.