State v. Medley’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
2
states following
August 1996
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Castaldi · Carp v. Queen Insurance · State v. Rutledge · State v. Burns · State v. Hawkins
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“No so-called flight or counter-flight instruction may be given. This rule applies both to (1) instructions permitting the jury to consider or draw inferences from a defendant’s flight in determining his guilt or innocence, and (2) those directing the jury’s attention to any explanation or excuse for what appears to have been flight. Evidence of a defendant’s flight and any explanation or excuse therefor is admissible. In addition, counsel may draw the jury’s attention to the evidence and argue permissible inferences or lack of them to the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Wilson
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.