Tevis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
June 1992
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Drollinger v. State · Murphy v. State · Morris v. State · Turner 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.
“IX. Witness Testimony Adams contends that the trial court erred by instructing the jury to presume that the witnesses were telling the truth when they testified. Specifically, the court stated: You should try to fit the evidence to the presumption that the defendant is innocent, and to the theory that every witness is telling the truth. Court's Instruction No. 6, Record, p. 40. At trial, Adams' attorney argued that”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Adams v. State“memory, manner and conduct of the witness... .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pedrick 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.