Felder v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
2
states following
December 2009
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cage v. Louisiana · Petrocelli v. State · Lord v. State · Kevin Allen Big Pond v. State · Berner 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“was in financial distress and took money from bank accounts without permission, forged signatures to obtain credit cards, and wrote a large check to his attorney, which bounced,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fields v. State“the testimony was needed to demonstrate motive and that the prior acts were closely connected to Felder's apparent scheme to obtain ransom money.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fields v. State“may indicate desperation and [were] therefore properly admitted to prove motive.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fields 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.