Sommerville v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
29 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently April 2005 · most notably State v. Porterfield (1988), State v. Thacker (2005)
29 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · Chaffin v. Stynchcombe · Johnson v. Moses · Indiana Employment Security Division v. Burney · Wooten 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““... the examination of each juror, with respect to his exposure, shall take place outside the presence of other chosen and prospective jurors. An accurate record of such examinations shall be kept by the court reporter. These rules shall be given prospective application only.” Sommerville v. State, Tenn. 521 S.W.2d 792, 797 (1975).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“Any party may challenge a prospective juror for cause if: (1) There exists any ground for challenge for cause provided by law; or (2) The prospective juror’s exposure to potentially prejudicial information makes him unacceptable as a juror. Both the degree of exposure and the prospective juror’s testimony as to his state of mind shall be considered in determining acceptability. A prospective juror who states that he will be unable to overcome his preconceptions shall be subject to challenge for cause no matter how slight his exposure. If he has seen or heard and if he remembers information that will be developed in the course of the trial, or that may be inadmissible but is not so prejudicial as to create a substantial risk that his judgment will be affected, his acceptability shall depend on whether his testimony as to impartiality is believed. If he admits to having formed an opinion, he shall be subject to challenge for cause unless the examination shows unequivocally that he can be impartial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Shepherd““. .. if said challenge (for cause) is not sustained, failure to use any available preemptory challenge to remove the objectionable juror, precludes reliance upon the juror’s disqualification upon appeal.” Sommerville v. State, 521 S.W.2d 792, 797 (Tenn.1975). Also see Hale v. State, 198 Tenn. 461, 473 , 281 S.W.2d 51 (1955).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Crawford
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.