State v. Birdshead’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
1
states following
February 2026
most recently cited
25 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Delaware v. Van Arsdall · Grupo Mexicano Desarrollos v. Alliance Bond Fund Inc · Pennsylvania v. Ritchie · United States v. Powell
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“in the heat of passion, upon sudden and sufficient provocation, or upon a sudden combat.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Randle
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.