Cox v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Enmund v. Florida · Rideau v. Louisiana · Tison v. Arizona · Clemons v. Mississippi · United States v. Eichman
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]ur capital-murder statute has not been amended to meet the Tison Court's requirements. Our statute's language that allows a death sentence for those who”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“a jury cannot constitutionally impose a death sentence when it merely finds that the defendant 'contemplated' the use of lethal force.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“the fourth category is hopelessly at odds with the United States Supreme Court's minimum requirements for the death penalty ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.