State v. Rice’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
September 2010
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 921 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on United States v. Kirvan · State v. Ardolino · State v. Millett · United States v. Dobbs · State v. Benner
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'lay testimony from eyewitnesses can be sufficient to support a finding that an object is, in fact, a firearm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. T.V. v. State“[A] firearm means any weapon ... which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. T.V. v. State“the victim's testimony was sufficient to establish [the defendant]'s use of [a] firearm”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. T.V. v. State
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.