State v. Nellsch’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 1992
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Pierce · State v. Wilson · State v. Merrifield · State v. Evans
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Every person guilty of kidnapping in the first degree shall suffer death or be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life, provided, that the sentence of death shall not be imposed if prior to its imposition the kidnapped person has been liberated unharmed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Smith
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.