State v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
May 1991
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · United States v. Marion · State v. Brinkley · State v. Buckles · State v. Quinn
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Appellant’s proposed cross-examination about possible causes of death would not be relevant to any material issue and would simply parade the victim’s character before the jury in an improper manner. The turbulent disposition of the victim is irrelevant absent a proper foundation, which defendant failed to lay. Id.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Garrett
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.