State v. Villa’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
48 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably State v. Sanseverino (2009), State v. Reed (2005)
48 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 State v. Garcia · State v. Garcia · State v. Garcia · Allison v. United States · State v. Meadors
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]n appeal, we do not second-guess the tactical decisions of the litigants. Were we to adopt the State’s position, the [S]tate would have all of the benefits and none of the risks of its trial strategy, while the accused would have all the risks and none of the protections. We believe that both parties are entitled to the benefits and should be liable for the risks of their respective trial strategies.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“whether, following reversal of a conviction due to insufficient evidence, an appellate court may remand for entry of judgment of conviction and resentencing for a lesser[ ]included offense, where the jury had not been instructed on that lesser offense at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“because a conviction of an offense not presented to the jury would deprive the defendant of notice and an opportunity to defend against that charge and would be inconsistent with New Mexico law regarding jury instructions and preservation of error.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.