State v. Pratt’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 2010
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Blakeney · 13 Md. App. 105 - Mahoney v. State · State v. Dusablon · State v. Martell
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen a person points a revolver in the direction of another person at close range and pulls the trigger, the practical distinction between acting with the conscious objective of causing serious bodily injury and acting with practical certainty that one's conduct will cause such injury disappears.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Jackowski“consciously intended serious bodily injury or was practically certain his conduct would cause it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Jackowski
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.