People v. Burres’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
38
cited by 38 later decisions
3
states following
June 1991
most recently cited
38 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Chapman v. State of California · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Sandstrom v. Montana · Leary 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n unlawful attempt, coupled with a present ability, to commit a violent injury on the person of another.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a conviction for assault may not be grounded upon intent only to frighten.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.