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← 792 N.E.2d 588 - Nelson v. State

Nelson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited

7 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Roach v. State · McGrew v. State · McCann v. State · Rouster v. State · Singer 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “We hold that a party has a right to make an offer of proof [and] ... that it is reversible error for a trial court to deny ... an offer of proof.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “Instruction of the jury is within the discretion of the trial court and is reviewed only for an abuse of discretion.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “However, this right is subject to reasonable limitations imposed at the discretion of the trial judge.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.