Henderson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently February 2019 · most notably 863 So. 2d 836 - Byrom v. State (2003), 533 So. 2d 1078 - Nixon v. State (1987)
32 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.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Thornhill · Buckley v. State · Pieper v. State · 293 So. 2d 810 - Griffin v. State · 293 So. 2d 807 - McCray v. State
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... when the improper conduct is compounded by the district attorney after having heard the court's admonishment to the jury on a prior occasion with reference to the same subject matter, the prejudicial effect on the jury is sometimes so great that we have no alternative but to reverse the conviction and sentence and remand the case for a new trial. In this case, the district attorney, after hearing the court's lengthy admonition to the jury to disregard his improper question with reference to Ricky Scott's indictment for the burglary of a dwelling, he thereafter, by a question, advised the jury that the appellant's co-indictee and twin brother, Michael Henderson, had been previously convicted for his participation in the same offense for which the defendant was on trial... .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Also presented was the impropriety of the district attorney inquiring on cross-examination of co-indictee, Michael Henderson, whether the jury had convicted him for the same offense of armed robbery on which the defendant was being tried. Before an objection could be interposed, the witness answered,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“on direct examination to the question by his attorney,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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