State v. McKenzie’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 2 district · 98 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 121 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2014 · most notably Connecticut v. Johnson (1983), State v. Van Kirk (2001)
12 federal appellate · 2 district · 98 state decisions — followed in 13 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2313
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Spinelli v. United States · Gregg v. Georgia · Santobello v. New York
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 121 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Harmless error” refers to technical errors, which do not require reversal.. .. “Cumulative error” refers to a number of errors which prejudice defendant’s right to a fair trial.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““A person commits the offense of deliberate homicide if he purposely or knowingly causes the death of another human being.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Gollehon · State v. Sigler“by either secreting or holding [the victim] in a place of isolation or by using or threatening to use physical force.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.