State v. Winfield’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
61
cited by 61 later decisions
2
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 57 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wainwright v. Witt · Gardner v. Florida · Sutton v. United States · Berkery v. Commissioner · Jirovec v. Wood
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 61 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As a general rule, the trial court `has discretion during the punishment phase of trial to admit whatever evidence it deems helpful to the jury in assessing punishment.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“retains broad discretion over the admissibility of evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Johns
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.