bias
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 282 U.S. 687 - Alford v. United States · 1931Most cited · 2,887 citing opinions
cross-examination
petitioner was entitled to show by cross examination that his testimony was affected by fear or favor growing out of his detention. Even if the witness were charged with some other offense by the prosecuting authorities, petitioner was entitled to show by cross examination that his testimony was affected by fear or favor growing out of his detention
How often courts cite the case defining “bias”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “bias” — 2,887 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.