State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
July 1998
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Sedillo v. United States · Gregg v. Georgia · United States v. Wilson · State v. Collett
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he defendant had been apprised of the facts to be relied upon by the state for conviction. No confusion or surprise resulted from the failure of the prosecutor to make an opening statement, and the defendant was apprised of the facts so that he could fairly meet the accusation made against him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Anders
How this case has been treated — in progress
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