State v. Clayton’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
74 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 78 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 2003 · most notably Schad v. Arizona (1991), Spencer v. Commonwealth (1990)
74 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 Furman v. Georgia · Beaufort Concrete Company v. Atlantic States Construction Company · Stewart v. Massachusetts · State v. Kruchten · State v. Burrell
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 78 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the instant case the statute defines the crime of felony murder or murder committed in the course of a burglary as a separate crime in addition to the crime of burglary. They are separate offenses —one committed against the person and the other committed against the property of another. Where the offenses are so closely intertwined, as for example assault with a deadly weapon which results in a homicide, the statute may apply. Where the offenses are separate the statute does not apply.” 109 Ariz. at 600 , 514 P.2d at 733 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Although the better practice which is now followed by practically all Arizona trial courts is to submit forms of verdicts to the jury for their convenience, the law does not require that this be done. However, when the court submits verdict forms to the jury, then the forms must show every kind of verdict that may be returned by the jury, (citations omitted)” State v. Reynolds, 9 Ariz.App. 131, 133 , 449 P.2d 968, 970 (1969). See also State v. Clayton, 109 Ariz. 587, 600 , 514 P.2d 720, 733 (1973).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Sanchez““A murder which is * * * committed * * * in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, * * * robbery * * * is murder of the first degree. All other kinds of murder are of the second degree.” A.R.S. § 13-452.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Valencia
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.