State v. Holt’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 96 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 108 later decisions — most recently December 2010 · most notably State v. Dulany (1989), State v. Mallett (1987)
12 federal appellate · 96 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 605
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Pointer v. Texas · Massiah v. United States · Brewer v. Williams · United States v. Jorn
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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he appellant could, with justification, contend that sending the jury back at 12:45 or 1:00 o’clock in the morning, when the judge knew they were nine to three for conviction, was a tactic to give the state more leverage to convict the appellant. It would be different if the judge knew only that the jury stood nine to three, because then his attempt to bring about a verdict by requiring further deliberation would be made without the court’s knowing which side would likely be the beneficiary of his action. Under the circumstances before him, the only way the court could avoid showing favoritism to the state was to declare a mistrial. His action was not over hasty or rash. [State v. Holt, supra, 592 S.W.2d at 772.]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Holt v. Wyrick · State v. Broadux“[N]ot finding appellant guilty of capital murder does not foreclose a finding of the necessary intent for second-degree murder, conviction of which would permit the jury more flexibility as to punishment. If the jury decides to be lenient under these circumstances, it does not mean it is being inconsistent or that its verdict is without factual basis.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Blackmon v. White · State v. Martin“If you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Danforth · State v. Hill
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.