State v. Eldredge’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
1 district · 102 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 103 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably State v. Holgate (2000), State v. Menzies (1994)
1 district · 102 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 Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Weaver v. Graham · Dobbert v. Florida · Calder et Wife, v. Bull et Wife. · Hopt v. People of the Territory of Utah
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 103 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The first requirement for a finding of plain error is that the error be “plain,” i.e., from our examination of the record, we must be able to say that it should have been obvious to a trial court that it was committing error.... The second and somewhat interrelated requirement for a finding of plain error is that the error affect the substantial rights of the accused, i.e., that the error be harmful.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Ross · State v. Cummins“"to obtain appellate relief from an alleged error that was not properly objected to, the appellant must show the following: (1) An error exists; (i) the error should have been obvious to the trial court; and (i) the error is harmful, i.e., absent the error, there is a reasonable likelihood of a more favorable outcome for the appellant, or phrased differently, our confidence in the verdict is undermined."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Powell · State v. Casey“'trial court[s] ought to be given an opportunity to address a claimed error and, if appropriate, correct it.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.