Young v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
October 1998
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Enmund v. Florida · Petrocelli v. State · Silks v. State · Rogers v. State · Seim v. State
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“3. In the [penalty] hearing, evidence may be presented concerning aggravating and mitigating circumstances relative to the offense, defendant or victim and on any other matter which the court deems relevant to sentence, whether or not the evidence is ordinarily admissible. . . . No evidence which was secured in violation of the Constitution of the United States or the constitution of the State of Nevada may be introduced. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Witter v. State“do anything, including torture and killing.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Flanagan 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.