State v. Kusgen’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Grim · State v. Dulany · State v. Bernard · State v. Storey · State v. Morrow
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person is guilty of attempt to commit an offense when, with the purpose of committing the offense, he does any act which is a substantial step towards the commission of the offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Brown · State v. Bonich“A 'substantial step' is conduct which is strongly corroborative of the firmness of the actor's purpose to complete the commission of the offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Brown · State v. Bonich“Thus, the crime of attempt has two elements: (1) the purpose to commit the underlying offense, and (2) the doing of an act which is a substantial step toward the commission of that offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Bonich
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.