State v. Van Beek’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
3
states following
February 1988
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coolidge v. New Hampshire · Sedillo v. United States · Hirabayashi v. United States · Johnson v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. · Baker v. United States
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court in the interest of justice and for good cause shown may, in its discretion, order that the different offenses or counts set forth in the indictment or information be tried separately, or divided into two or more groups and each of said groups tried separately.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Roth“The denial of separate trials is not cause for reversal unless the court in so ruling abused its discretion. Wise judicial discretion should be exercised by the courts in this regard to protect the accused from prejudice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Roth
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.