Tappeiner v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Denno · Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · Futch v. McAllister Towing of Georgetown, Inc. · Cherry 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“likely the emotional plea, particularly in conjunction with the solicitor's improper vouching for Victim's credibility, swayed the jurors' view of the facts and resolution of the contradictions in the witnesses' testimonies”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the emotional plea was the very last thing the jury heard before beginning its deliberations ... [and therefore] was likely at the forefront of the jurors' minds when beginning their discussions”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 17-27-80 ..., the PCR judge must make specific findings of fact and state expressly the conclusions of law relating to each issue presented.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Reese v. State
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.