State v. Dayton’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
45 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently February 2017 · most notably Hampton v. State (1977), State v. Rapheld (1979)
45 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 Brady v. State of Maryland · Chimel v. California · Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Giglio v. United States · Napue v. People of the State of Illinois
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The deception from a negligent nondisclosure causes no less injury to the administration of criminal justice than a suppression made by design or guile. The duty to disclose, whether under Brady or Rule 25.32, rests on the prosecutor, and the material and information are within his possession or control, the cause of his failure cannot soften the sanction . The questions remain whether the evidence requested suppressed was favorable to the defendant and material on guilt or punishment . . . The Brady requirement of materiality is satisfied when the evidence does no more than impeach the credibility of a witness whose testimony prejudiced the defense . And, certainly, the purpose of Rule 25.32 includes opportunity to a defendant to prepare in advance of trial for the impeachment of a witness by his own statement ...””
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bebee · State v. Carr“depends upon the nature of the charge, the evidence presented by the State, and the role the undisclosed testimony would likely have played,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Friend · State v. Davis“Rule 25.32(A) provides that: “. . . [T]he state shall, upon written request of defendant’s counsel, disclose to defendant’s counsel such part or all of the following material and information within its possession or control designated in said request: “(9) Any material or information, within the possession or control of the state, which tends to negate the guilt of the defendant as to the offense charged, mitigate the degree of the offense charged, or reduce the punishment.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bebee
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.