Rivera v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
4
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pointer v. Texas · Harmelin v. Michigan · Maryland v. Craig · Mattox v. United States · Coy v. Iowa
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We conclude that under the circumstances, the preference for having witnesses testify in the courtroom must give way to the practical considerations involving Taylor's military obligation that made his physical presence impractical.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Guimaraes v. Brann
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.