State v. Silva’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
January 2026
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · State v. Allen · State v. Gould · State v. Kelly
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.
“Only when the defendant can establish that the effect is so significant as to deprive him of a fair trial will we vacate on”
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.