State v. Quick’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
2 district · 30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently July 2015 · most notably 53 Ala. App. 280 - Whiddon v. State (1973), State v. Marquez (1977)
2 district · 30 state decisions
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.
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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“for commission of an offense consists in devising or arranging the means or measures necessary for commission of the crime, while an”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well settled that the “act” is to be liberally construed, and in numerous eases it is said to be sufficient that the act go far enough toward accomplishment of the crime to amount to the commencement of its consummation. While the efficiency of a particular act depends on the facts of the particular case, the act must always amount to more than mere preparation, and move directly toward the commission of the crime. In any event, it would seem, the act need not be the last proximate step leading to the consummation of the offense.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Nesbitt · State v. Reid
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.