State v. Mahaffey’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 1991
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barrett v. United States · United States v. McMillan · State v. Armbruster · State v. Lynch · State v. Engleman
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.
““1. This instruction must be given in all criminal cases, whether requested or not, ‘whenever necessary,’ Rule 26.02(6), which means whenever there is evidence of defendant’s general reputation of good character.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Hendrix
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.