State v. Echols’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New Jersey Department of Corrections v. Nash · Barefoot v. Estelle · Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security Division · Wenzler v. Pitchess · 13 Cal. 3d 937 - People v. Orin
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.
“the record establishes that the [State] did everything in its power to avail itself of [this witness's] testimony when it appeared likely [that the testimony would] be favorable [to the State,] and [did everything in its power] to assure that the testimony would not be heard when it appeared likely [that the testimony would] be unfavorable [to the State].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Cogdill v. State“was inextricably involved in the circumstances that led [the witness] to invoke her privilege not to testify”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Cogdill v. State“lie within the exclusive province of the executive branch”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Blair 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.