Lawson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
March 1995
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Carlsen v. State · Wade v. State · Harris v. State · Jolly v. State · Watson 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the electronic recording of the oral statement of a child is admitted into evidence under this section, either party may call the child to testify, and the opposing party may cross-examine the child.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Newman v. State · Chambers 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.