Bates v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
August 2002
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Davis v. Alaska · Gregory v. State · Lámar v. State · Lamar v. State · Pettit 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.
““Instead it merely compels the granting of a continuance under certain clearly delineated circumstances. In general, when such a motion for continuance is not based upon statutory grounds or is not made in compliance with the statute, the granting of a continuance lies within the broad discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed on appeal absent an abuse of discretion prejudicing the complaining party.” Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Crocker v. State“of such clarity as to be intelligible and enlightening to the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Roller 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.