Mitchell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
59 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably 183 W. Va. 641 - State v. Edward Charles L. (1990), 665 So. 2d 852 - Eakes v. State (1995)
59 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 Coy v. Iowa · Ristaino v. Ross · United States v. Iron Shell · United States v. Renville · State v. Robinson
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“evidence of other sexual relations [should be limited] to those between the defendant and the particular victim [at issue].”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“(24) Other Exceptions. A statement not specifically covered by any of the foregoing exceptions but having equivalent circumstantial guarantees of trustworthiness, if the court determines that (A) the statement is offered as evidence of a material fact; (B) the statement is more probative on the point for which it is offered than any other evidence which the proponent can procure through reasonable efforts; and (C) the general purposes of these rules and the interests of justice will best be served by admission of the statement into evidence. However, a statement may not be admitted under this exception unless the proponent of it makes known to the adverse party sufficiently in advance of the trial or hearing to provide the adverse party with a fair opportunity to prepare to meet it, his intention to offer the statement and the particulars of it, including the name and address of the declarant.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“catch-all exception should be carefully considered and applied rarely, so as not to devour the hearsay rule.”
3 later decisions 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.