Thompson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
31
cited by 31 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
4
states following
July 1998
most recently cited
8 federal appellate · 21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ake v. Oklahoma · Eddings v. Oklahoma · Estelle v. Smith · Lockhart v. McCree · Cherek v. United States
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The other two color photographs . . . were gruesome. Admitting them into evidence served no purpose other than to inflame the jury. We do not understand why an experienced prosecutor would risk reversal of the whole case by introducing such ghastly, color photographs with so little probative value. We fail to see how they could possibly assist the jury in the determination of defendant's guilt. The trial court's admission of these two photographs was error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thompson v. Oklahoma“once a minor is certified to stand trial as an adult, he may also, without violating the Constitution, be punished as an adult.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thompson v. Oklahoma“especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Thompson v. Oklahoma
How this case has been treated — in progress
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