State v. Wheeler’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 1989
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mullaney v. Wilbur · State v. Weese · State v. Gribbin
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.
“put aside our personal confidence in the Justice's application of basic judicial principles”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Pelletier“the defendant is entitled to a decision from us based upon the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Pelletier
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.