Clark v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently January 2017 · most notably Hill v. Johnson (2000), Jack Wade Clark Gary Johnson Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division (2000)
22 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
Relies on Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Eddings v. Oklahoma · Penry v. Lynaugh · American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. United States · Adams v. Texas
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The opinions of experts are received upon the theory that, by reason of study or experience, they have upon the subject of inquiry a special knowledge which jurors generally do not possess and are therefore better equipped to draw conclusions from the facts than the jurors themselves. ... [T]he practical test for receiving such opinion is: On the subject in issue can the jury receive any appreciable aid from the person offered?” [[Image here]] ... The special knowledge which qualifies a witness to give an expert opinion may be derived entirely from a study of technical works, or specialized education, or practical experience or varying combinations thereof; what is determinative is that his answers indicate to the trial court that he possesses knowledge which will assist the jury in making inferences regarding fact issues more effectively than the jury could do so unaided.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Carter v. State“The record reflects Dr. Griffith’s educational background, including the subspe-cialty of forensic psychiatry, teaching experience, and long-term private practice. This included examining over 8,000 people charged with criminal offenses and testifying in approximately 97 capital murder trials in Texas and other states. In light of such background, we hold that the record does not reveal any abuse of discretion in allowing the expert testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Massey v. State“[t]he special knowledge which qualifies a witness to give an expert opinion may be derived from the study of technical works, specialized education, practical experience, or a combination thereof....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Massey 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.