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← 382 S.C. 107 - State v. Harris

State v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis

2009

Citation profile

15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
February 2016
most recently cited

15 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. Baccus · State v. Burkhart · State v. Nichols · State v. Walker · State v. Patterson

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

  1. “The decision to grant or deny a mistrial is within the sound discretion of the trial court. The trial court's decision will not be overturned on appeal absent an abuse of discretion amounting to an error of law.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “A mistrial should only be granted when absolutely necessary, and a defendant must show both error and... prejudice in order to be entitled to a mistrial.”
    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.