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← 793 P2D 1066 - State v. Echols

State v. Echols’s Empirical Analysis

1990

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
4
states following
August 2009
most recently cited

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.

  1. “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 concurrence
  2. “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 concurrence
  3. “lie within the exclusive province of the executive branch”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence

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.