People v. McDowell’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
51
cited by 51 later decisions
1
states following
May 2021
most recently cited
51 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Barker v. Wingo · Wiggins v. Smith, Warden · Payne v. Tennessee · Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A ruling that constitutes an abuse of discretion has been described as one that is 'so irrational or arbitrary that no reasonable person could agree with it.' [Citation.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. David v. Hernandez“The instruction properly explains to the jury that it may return a death verdict if the aggravating evidence 'warrants' death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The trial court has broad discretion in deciding whether to admit or exclude expert testimony [citation] ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. David v. Hernandez
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.