State v. Scott’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently November 2016 · most notably Scott v. Jones (1990), State v. Sullivan (1996)
4 federal appellate · 26 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
Relies on State v. Sykes · State v. Johnson · State v. Hurst · State v. Williams · Coughlin v. Coughlin
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“That assurance [that a sufficient foundation be laid] was of particular importance here where Scott was not shown by other evidence to have had any connection with the exhibit [the duct tape carton] and upon that exhibit alone depended the entitlement of the state to take the case to the jury.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Scott v. Jones · Scott v. Jones“If you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt: First, that on May 23, 1981, in the County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, defendant and William Dalton committed the offense of robbery in the second degree in that defendant or William Dalton stole narcotic drugs in the possession of Herman Hecht and in doing so defendant or William Dalton threatened the immediate use of physical force against Herman Hecht and Second, that the defendant or William Dalton committed the offense submitted to you in the foregoing paragraph by, with or through the use, assistance or aid of a deadly weapon, then you are instructed that the offense of armed criminal action has occurred, and if you further find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt: Third, that with the purpose of promoting or furthering the commission of armed criminal action the defendant acted together with or aided William Dalton in committing that offense then you will find the defendant guilty of armed criminal action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Miller“an interview with these witnesses during a trial recess fell far short of meeting the standards of due process which the cited cases require. As to Worlan, the fingerprint expert, defense counsel validly protested he was unprepared to confront such a witness, he had developed no format for cross-examination and he had no opportunity to consult with another expert in the field. As to Burns, the interview was ineffective for other reasons. At the time, the state had made no disclosure that Fortner could not be found and that Burns would provide the sole link in the first chain of custody to the critical fingerprint exhibit. Instead, Burns was portrayed as a routine witness describing the scene of the crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Scott v. Jones
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.