State v. Church’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently September 1999 · most notably State v. Bly (1980), State v. Darling (1973)
58 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · People v. Ford · 71 Cal. 2d 879 - People v. Floyd · In Re Shull · Hart v. Bayless Investment & Trading Company
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ . . . In applying these principles [ejusdem generis] in construing A.R.S. § 13-249, subsec. B, as amended, we are of the opinion that the legislature intended that one armed with a deadly weapon of the type like a gun (ones that are inherently dangerous), is subject to increased punishment.” 109 Ariz. at 43, 504 P.2d at 944 .”
6 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Gordon · State v. Barnes““§ 13-249. Assault with deadly weapon or force; punishment “A. A person who commits an assault upon the person of another with a deadly weapon or instrument, or by any means or force likely to produce great bodily injury, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than one nor more than ten years, by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or both. “B. A crime as prescribed by the terms of subsection A, committed by a person armed with a gun or deadly weapon, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison, for the first offense, for not less than five years, for a second offense, not less than ten years, for a third or subsequent offense, not less than twenty years nor more than life imprisonment, and in no case, except for first offense, shall the person convicted be eligible for commutation of sentence. As amended Laws 1967, Ch. 62, § 3.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage““IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF ARI ZONA, CHARLES ADRIAN is accused this 13th day of February, 1974 by the County Attorney of Maricopa County, State of Arizona, by this Information of the crime of ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, a Felony, committed as follows, to-wit: The said CHARLES ADRIAN on or about the 31st day of January, 1974 and before the filing of this Information at and in the County of Maricopa, State of Arizona, while armed with a gun or deadly weapon assaulted Ernie M. Soto, with a deadly weapon, to-wit: a knife, all in violation of A.R.S. § 13-249, as amended 1967, contrary to the form, force and effect of the statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the State of Arizona.” (emphasis added)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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