People v. Terry’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
August 2005
most recently cited
6 federal appellate ·
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“recklessly engag[ing] in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“involves no intent, only a culpable mental state of recklessness,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“evincing a depraved indifference to human life.”
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.