Chastain v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
July 1987
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Thomas v. State · Oerly v. State · Moore v. State · Gaines v. State · Noll 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In a 27.26 case, appellate review is limited to a determination of whether the findings, conclusions and judgment of the trial court are clearly erroneous.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Maloney 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.