State v. Simonton’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Whitfield · 425 F. Supp. 1038 - United States Ex Rel. Edney v. Smith · State v. Carter · State v. Smothers · 353 So. 2d 640 - Pouncy 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The remedy of disallowing the relevant and material testimony of a defense witness essentially deprives the defendant of his right to call witnesses in his defense. This is not to say it should never be done, but it is certainly a drastic remedy that should be used with the utmost caution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Therefore, the review of the propriety of the trial court's action includes consideration of whether the State was unfairly surprised by [the alibi witness's] testimony and the harm, if any, it would have suffered by virtue of that surprise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Vickers“If the State needed additional time to prepare, it could have requested a continuance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hopper
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.