State v. Baxter’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
6
states following
September 1989
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Griffin v. California · United States v. White · Bruno v. United States · United States v. Garguilo · 253 Cal. App. 2d 841 - People v. Molano
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We cannot see how an identical instruction will affect a jury differently by the fact that, unbeknown to it, in one case there was an objection and in the other there was not....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Piper · State v. Lakeside“... better practice for the trial judge to give the instruction ... [RAJI 8] ... only if ... requested by the defendant, but it is not reversible error if ... given without request.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Piper
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.