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← 376 S.C. 8 - State v. Johnson

State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

2007

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. McGuire · State v. Dasher · State v. Simmons · Whisenhunt v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. · State v. Deschamps

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

  1. “A trial judge has the discretion to grant or deny a motion for a new trial, and his decision will not be reversed absent a clear abuse of discretion.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “The State may only appeal a new trial order if, in granting it, the trial judge committed an error of law.”
    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.