Spears v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
September 2001
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Atchison · Johnson County Rural Electric Membership Corp. v. Burnell · Dowell v. State · Kirkham v. State
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The purpose of this rule is not intended 'to benefit the appellant. Rather, it is intended to relieve this court of the burden of controverting the arguments advanced for reversal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Suggs“Prima facie error means error at first sight, on first appearance, or on the face of it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Suggs
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.