State v. Watson’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
January 1991
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Public Broadcasting Service v. Network Project · State v. Sanders · State v. Hurtt · State v. Reed · State v. Orr
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order to invoke the plain error rule there must be a “sound, substantial manifestation ... a strong, clear showing, that injustice or miscarriage of justice will result if the rule is not invoked.” [citation omitted] ... When guilt is established by such overwhelming evidence no injustice or miscarriage of justice will result from a refusal to invoke the rule.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hammonds
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.