State v. Otto’s Empirical Analysis
1899
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
August 1919
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Beuerman · State v. Miller · State v. Beatty · State v. Start · State v. Snodgrass
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is the duty of the court, imposed both by statute and by the principles of natural justice, to stand as a vigilant guard over the jury-box, to the end that bias, prejudice and preconceived opinion do not enter. It is better that the first impression of a casa- come from the testimony of the witnesses after the jurors are sworn to try the cause. While there is recognized in the law a distinction between an impression and an opinion, yet there is so little difference between the two, and the step so short from one to the other, that courts should be certain that a juror’s mind which is possessed of the one has received it with pressure too weak to break over the dividing line.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.