Chappell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
December 2021
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Petrocelli v. State · Deutscher v. State · Kazalyn v. State · Robins v. State · Witter 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Thomas asserts next that the instructions should have stated that if the intent to rob was not formed until after the murders, then a robbery did not occur and the felony-murder rule did not apply. But the facts in Thomas clearly showed that the intent to rob preceded the murders. Moreover, “in robbery cases it is irrelevant when the intent to steal the property is formed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Nay v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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