State v. Mason’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently December 2020
16 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 63 N.J. Super. 153 - Kavanaugh v. Quigley · State v. Thibodeau · State v. Bishop · 84 N.J. Super. 1 - Wasserstein v. Swern and Co. · Fitch v. Whaples
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Automatic Discovery. (1) Duty of the Attorney for the State. The attorney for the State shall furnish to the defendant within a reasonable time: (A)A statement describing any testimony or other evidence intended to be used against the defendant which: (i) Was obtained as a result of a search and seizure or the hearing or recording of a wire or oral communication: (ii) Resulted from any confession, admission, or statement made by the defendant; or (iii)Relates to a lineup, showup, picture, or voice identification of the defendant; (B) Any written or recorded statements and the substance of any oral statements made by the defendant. (C) A statement describing any matter or information known to the attorney for the State which may not be known to the defendant and which tends to create a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt as to the offense charged. (Emphasis added). [[Image here]]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Armstrong“If the attorney for the State fails to comply with this rule, the court on motion of the defendant or on its own motion may take appropriate action, which may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following: requiring the attorney for the State to comply, granting the defendant additional time or a continuance, relieving the defendant from making a disclosure required by Rule 16A, prohibiting the attorney for the State from introducing specified evidence and dismissing charges with prejudice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Barden“Discretion means legal discretion in the exercise of which the court must take account of the law applicable to the particular circumstances of the case and be governed accordingly. Implicit is conscientious judgment directed by law and reason and looking to a just result.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lovely
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.