Larsen v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 35 later decisions — most recently September 2025 · most notably Stephens v. State (1989), Beck v. State (1986)
35 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 Wheeler v. United States · Beausoliel v. United States · 104 S. Ct. 263 - Borman's Inc. v. Allied Supermarkets, Inc. · 70 Wash. 2d 690 - State v. Allen · Buttram 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) an understanding of the obligation to speak the truth on the witness stand; (2) the mental capacity at the time of the occurrence concerning which he is to testify, to receive an accurate impression of it; (3) a memory sufficient to retain an independent recollection of the occurrence; (4) the capacity to express in words his memory of the occurrence; and (5) the capacity to understand simple questions about it.”
20 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Smith v. State · Baum v. State“A person is generally competent to testify if he can understand, receive, remember and narrate impressions and is sensible to the obligations of the oath taken before testifying.”
12 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Baum v. State · Woyak v. State“[elvery person is competent to be a witness except as otherwise provided in these rules.”
9 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Baum v. State · Woyak v. State
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.