Fairchild v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably Fairchild v. Workman (2009), Gilson v. State (2000)
9 federal appellate · 22 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.
Relationships
Applies 10 U.S.C. § 918
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · Beck v. Alabama · Enmund v. Florida · Stromberg v. People of State of California · Lowenfield v. Phelps
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“by a person responsible for a child's health or safety.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Appellant presents nothing beyond mere rank speculation to support this argument factually. Absent some showing of harm, we find no relief is warranted.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. MUSONDA v. STATE · MUSONDA v. STATE“1. The defendant, prior to this sentencing proceeding, was convicted of a felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person; 2. During the commission of the murder, the defendant knowingly created a great risk of death to more than one person; 3. The person committed the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration or employed another to commit the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration; 4, The murder was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel; 5. The murder was committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest or prosecution; 6. The murder was committed by a person while serving a sentence of imprisonment on conviction of a felony; 7. The victim of the murder was a peace officer or guard correctional employee of an institution under the control of the department-of-eorreetions Department of Corrections, and such person was killed in performance of official duty; or 8. At the present time there exists a probability that the defendant will commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society.”
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.