Sumerall v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
2
states following
October 1990
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 2 Tenn. Crim. App. 535 - Conboy v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[EJvidence of complaint or lack thereof in a case of rape may be considered by the jury in weighing the truth or falsity of the victim’s testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lewis
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.