Bailey v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
September 1986
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Davis v. Alaska · Knight v. State · 395 So. 2d 501 - Demps v. State · 378 So. 2d 1341 - Kufrin 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t was ... reasonable for the trial judge to consider as too tenuous the notion that appellant's wife within two and one-half hours after her youngest child was shot in her arms, concocted and so convincingly narrated such a twisted tale... .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“due to the overwhelming cumulative proof of guilt, ... the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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