State v. Devall’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
17 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently July 2013
17 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 State v. Brammer · State v. Logue · State v. Floody · State v. Minkel · State v. Michalek
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`For us to disturb the evidentiary rulings of the circuit court, we must determine that an abuse of discretion has occurred. Once again, an abuse of discretion refers to a discretion exercised to an end or purpose not justified by, and clearly against reason and evidence.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Henry · State v. Moriarty“Before a prior consistent statement will qualify as nonhearsay under the rule, the proponent must demonstrate three things. First, [the proponent] must show the prior consistent statement is consistent with the [witness’s] in-court testimony. Second, [the proponent] must establish that the statement is being used to rebut an express or implied ' charge against the witness of recent fabrication or improper motive or influence. Finally, the proponent must demonstrate that the prior consistent statement was made prior to the time the supposed motive to falsify arose.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Generally, the testimony of a witness cannot be bolstered or supported by showing that a witness made similar statements out of court in harmony with her testimony on the stand. M. Graham, Handbook of Federal Evidence § 801.12, at 760 (3rd ed 1991). There is an exception to this rule in rape cases which permits testimony to prove [a] complaint was made. ‘Since it is natural for a woman or child to complain to someone responsible for her welfare of an outrage of this character, the failure to complain could be urged by the defense to contradict or discredit her testimony. Because of this[,] cases generally allow the prosecution to forestall such discrediting, or any inference derived from failure to complain, by admitting testimony of the fact of the eomplaint[.]’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Midgett
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.