State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
November 1986
most recently cited
4 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · United States v. Barlow · State v. Duren · State v. Allen · State v. Ellis
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“unable, as was the trial court, to appraise the degree of prejudice which could have potentially inured to the State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. Wyrick“declined the opportunity to make an offer of proof regarding the testimony of the proposed character witness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thomas v. Wyrick
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.