State v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 59 later decisions — most recently July 2017 · most notably State v. Chaney (1998), State v. Taylor (1997)
2 federal appellate · 57 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 247C
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Brady v. State of Maryland · Eason v. Dandridge · Sanders v. State · Green v. Missouri
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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“so inflammatory and prejudicial that it can be said a right to fair trial has been infringed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. King · State v. Smulls“The trial court has broad discretion in determining if a jury panel should be dismissed and its ruling should not be disturbed on appeal absent a clear abuse of discretion. State v. Cotton, 724 S.W.2d 649, 652 (Mo.App.1986). Usually, disqualification of an individual juror for bias or expression of an opinion is insufficient for challenging the entire array. State v. Weidlich, 269 S.W.2d 69, 71 (Mo.1954). To merit quashal, movant must demonstrate that the venireman’s questionable responses were so inflammatory and prejudicial that it can be said a right to a fair trial has been infringed. State v. Harrell, 637 S.W.2d 752, 757 (Mo.App.1982)_ In ... Weidlich , ... a venireman stated during voir dire, “I don’t think I can give a thief a fair trial” and he was stricken from the panel. The trial judge admonished the remaining members to disregard comments made by one of their number as such was not evidence and ... this Court found no abuse of discretion. [269 S.W.2d] at 71. In the present case [the venireman] was stricken and the trial judge instructed the panel to disregard his comments. The lone remark was not such as to inflame or prejudice the other prospective jurors and we find no abuse of discretion in refusing [the accused’s] motion to quash or for a mistrial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Duckett“Through direct and cross-examination, she maintained her story without variation. This was sufficient to submit the issue, for the uncorroborated testimony of a victim will sustain a conviction of rape unless such testimony is so unconvincing and contradictory as to “cloud the mind of the court with doubts.” State v. Hamrick, 714 S.W.2d 566, 567 (Mo.App.1986). No such contradictions appear. Though the victim was nine years of age, that in itself does not render the evidence inadmissible or insufficient.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Marsh
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.