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← 400 P3D 834 - BOSSE v. STATE

BOSSE v. STATE’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
January 2026
most recently cited

24 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Chapman v. State of California · Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Schneckloth v. Bustamonte

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

  1. “so long as they are not so unnecessarily hideous or repulsive that jurors cannot view them impartially.”
    5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  2. “in a prosecution for any criminal homicide, an appropriate photograph of the victim while alive shall be admissible evidence when offered by the district attorney to show the general appearance and condition of the victim while alive.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
  3. “Most constitutional errors occurring during trial are subject to harmless error analysis, as they may be assessed, along with the evidence presented, for any prejudice to the defendant.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

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.