State v. Sandstrom’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
2
cited 2 times by the Supreme Court
4
states following
May 1982
most recently cited
2 district · 12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Patterson v. New York · Silverthorne v. United States · State v. Coleman
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[d]efendant's sole burden under instruction No. 5 was to produce some evidence that he did not intend the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts, not to disprove that he acted 'purposely' or 'knowingly,' . . . the instruction does not violate due process standards as defined by the United States or Montana Constitution . . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sandstrom v. Montana“do not prohibit allocation of some burden of proof to a defendant under certain circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sandstrom v. Montana“[t]he law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Sandstrom v. Montana
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.