Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
2
states following
March 1997
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. Illinois · Kiefer v. State · Drollinger v. State · Davenport v. State · Crane 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Admission of photographs is within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion .... Generally, a photograph is relevant and admissible if it depicts an object or seene which a witness would be permitted to describe through testimony . Photographs of a victim's corpse in a homicide case are relevant to prove the identity of the victim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Stamps 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.