State v. Burford’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
34
cited by 34 later decisions
1
states following
December 2015
most recently cited
34 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mart Corporation v. Cartier Inc 47th Street Photo Inc · State v. Lee · State v. Kovack · State v. Ryan · State v. Johnson
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court imposing a sentence of incarceration for a crime of the first or second degree shall fix a minimum term of 85% of the sentence during which the defendant shall not be eligible for parole if the crime is a violent crime as defined in subsection d. of this section.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“a class of objects `having a wide variety of lawful uses but... which may take on the character of a deadly weapon' depending on the circumstances.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“On the other hand, an automobile can be used as a deadly weapon under certain circumstances; the most obvious example being where it is driven directly at a law enforcement officer who is positioned to stop the vehicle. Thus, there may be circumstances where an automobile can be used as a deadly weapon. [ Id. at 19, 746 A. 2d 998 .]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.