State v. Jack Sawyer’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
July 2021
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burks v. United States · Yates v. United States · State v. Duff · State v. Blackmer · State v. Avgoustov
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The substantial-step analysis presents a lower bar regarding the kind of act required to show that a defendant has attempted to commit a crime”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“requires an intent to commit a crime, coupled with an act that, but for an interruption, would result in the completion of a crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a mass shooting on the anniversary of the date of the Columbine school shooting”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.