State v. Worthen’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently September 2010
10 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 Jackson v. Virginia · Batson v. Kentucky · Copperweld Corp. v. Independence Tube Corp. · State v. Smith · Moore v. Blackburn, Warden
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“* * * * * * Upon motion of a defendant, a mistrial shall be ordered, and in a jury case the jury dismissed, when prejudicial conduct in or outside the courtroom makes it impossible for the defendant to obtain a fair trial, or when authorized by Article 770 or 771.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The purpose of the rule [sequestration order] is to assure that a witness testifies from his own knowledge without being influenced by testimony of prior witnesses and to strengthen the role of cross examination in developing the true facts. Violation of a sequestration order does not mandate exclusion of the witness' testimony. Absent evidence that the testimony has been tainted by the violation or that the purpose of the order has been thwarted, the trial judge has broad discretion in permitting the testimony. Disqualification of testimony is disfavored because absent consent, connivance or knowledge of the party for whom the witness is to testify, exclusion would inhibit the search for truth and unfairly penalize the party. (Citations omitted).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Miller“There is no requirement that a judge declare a mistrial at the initial sign of trouble. State v. Lowenfield, 495 So.2d 1245 (La.1985), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1153 , 106 S.Ct. 2259 , 90 L.Ed.2d 704 (1986).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Anders
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.