State v. Alston’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Williams v. Florida · Baldwin v. New York Williams · State v. Earnhardt · Drye v. United States · State v. Bush
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“self-defense, as an intentional act , [cannot] serve as an excuse for the negligence or recklessness required for a conviction of involuntary manslaughter”
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.