State v. McFarland’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
January 1993
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Manson v. Brathwaite · Hamling v. United States · Duren v. Missouri · United States v. Telfaire · United States v. Kirk
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In prosecutions for the crimes of rape, attempt to commit rape ... evidence ... of the complaining witness’ prior sexual conduct ... is inadmissible, except where such specific instances are: [[Image here]] (3) Evidence of immediate surrounding circumstances of the alleged crime ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Salkil
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.