State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 196 W. Va. 178 - Burgess v. Porterfield · 134 W. Va. 357 - State v. Johnson · 222 Ga. App. 397 - Carter v. State · 179 W. Va. 771 - State Ex Rel. Wilmoth v. Gustke · State v. . Estes
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.
“gestured toward the gun, reminded the officer in a threatening manner that it was loaded, and employed language indicative of both his agitated state and his intention to discharge the gun at any time and any place he chose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“not every act of questioning the authority of a police officer constitutes obstruction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“had the effect of hindering the police investigation of shots [ ] fired.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.