Standifer v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
September 2016
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Davis v. Alaska · Jarrett v. State · Thornton 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether the trial court’s error is harmless depends on several factors including the importance of the witnesses] testimony in the prosecution’s case, whether the testimony was cumulative, the presence or absence of evidence corroborating or contradicting the testimony of the witness on material points, the extent of cross-examination otherwise permitted, and, of course, the overall strength of the prosecution’s case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the partiality of a witness is subject to exploration at trial, and is always relevant as discrediting the witness and affecting the weight of his testimony”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kirk v. State“if the State can demonstrate 'beyond a reasonable doubt that the error complained of did not contribute to the verdict obtained.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Spivey 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.