Mitchell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently November 2003 · most notably Carrillo v. State (1979), Nethery v. State (1985)
39 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 Simmons v. United States · United States v. Broadway · Frison v. State · Evans v. State · Alvarez 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"We have concluded, however, that the error in permitting the witness to testify was harmless. Waits' testimony was extremely terse, without embellishment. Moreover, the record shows that he was followed at the punishment phase by three other witnesses from law enforcement agencies in or near Johnson County who gave, without objection, testimony identical to that of Chief Waits'. We conclude that the effect of Waits' testimony was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Watson v. State · Wright v. State““In the case at bar, it appears that Chief Waits, although basing his knowledge of appellant’s bad reputation on his ‘rap sheet’ as well as the facts of the offense for which he was on trial, never discussed appellant’s reputation with anyone else. ... We have concluded however, that the error in permitting the witness to testify was harmless. Wait’s testimony was extremely terse, without embellishment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hoffert v. State“Without the requirement of discussion with other members of an accused's community, a witness' testimony concerning the accused's reputation for being a peaceful and law-abiding citizen would be nothing more than an inadmissible opinion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Watson 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.