State v. Knight’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 2017
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Squire · State v. Watson · State v. Hudson · State v. McCotter
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In determining whether error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, ... the rule is that if there is a reasonable possibility that the evidence complained of might have contributed to the conviction, it is not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.