State v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Green · 184 N.J. Super. 324 - State in the Interest of TET · 100 N.J. Super. 241 - State v. Blanca · 92 N.J. Super. 452 - State v. Tonnisen · 185 N.J. Super. 489 - State v. Brown
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If you . . . find that the circumstances under which the weapon was possessed could not be easily understood or recognized as being appropriate to a lawful use of the instrument in question here then possession of the weapon . . . is prohibited.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. New Jersey“Any person who knowingly has in his possession any other weapon under circumstances not manifestly appropriate for such lawful uses as it may have is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. New Jersey“was not 'easily understood or recognized' from the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Wright v. New Jersey
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.