State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 2016
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Hernandez v. New York · State v. Kilgore · State v. Kempker · United States v. Sherrills
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“As with the state of mind of a juror, evaluation of the prosecutor’s state of mind based on demeanor and credibility lies peculiarly within a trial judge’s province. Hernandez [v. New York], [— U.S.-] 111 S.Ct. [1859] at 1869 [ 114 L.Ed.2d 395 ].... [T]he trial court’s ability to assess the credibility of the prosecutor plays a major role in determining the validity of a Batson challenge....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Wilhite
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.