People v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently July 2012 · most notably DeLuca v. Lord (1994), State v. Miranda (1978)
11 federal appellate · 31 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Knowledge of prior violent acts of the victim may weigh heavily upon the mind of a defendant when, as asserted, he moved to blunt the aggression of the victim. Indeed, knowledge of specific instances of violence by the victim may have a more significant impact on a defendant’s mental state than any vague awareness of a general reputation for violence. A demonstrated capacity for acts of extreme violence will no doubt instill a fear more quickly and more deeply than a veiled threat or knowledge of a generally violent, proclivity.” People v. Miller, 39 N.Y.2d 543, 551 , 384 N.Y.S.2d 741, 747 , 349 N.E.2d 841, 847 (1976).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Waller · State v. Tribble““Admission of an entire criminal record is, truly, an effort to disparage the victim’s general character and is not probative of the defendant’s apprehensive state of mind. We, therefore, are careful to note that while specific convictions for violent acts may be admissible, provided the defendant had knowledge of same, general proof of the victim’s criminal disposition is not.” People v. Miller, 39 N.Y.2d at 553 , 384 N.Y.S.2d at 748 , 349 N.E.2d at 848 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Taylor · State v. Tribble““We do not mean to imply that a defendant may introduce any or all of the convictions in a victim’s record. To have probative value, these crimes should be ‘of the same nature, not too distant in time’ vis a vis the alleged aggression. * * * The decision in each case as to similar nature and remoteness, however, rests within the sound discretion of the trial judge.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Taylor
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.