State v. Ellison’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
173 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 174 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably State v. Tucker (2007), State v. Dann (2009)
173 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
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Gregg v. Georgia · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Ring v. Arizona · Wainwright v. Witt
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 174 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Concerning this aggravating circumstance, all first-degree murders are to some extent cruel. However, this aggravating circumstance cannot be found to exist unless the State has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the murder was “especially” cruel. “Especially” means “unusually great or significant.” The term “cruel” focuses on the victim’s pain and suffering. To find that the murder was committed in an “especially cruel” manner you must find that the victim consciously suffered physical or mental pain, distress or anguish prior to death. Mr. Gallardo must know or should have known that the victim would suffer.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Gallardo“would be a suppression, ... not ... a dismissal.” However, because we conclude the court did not abuse its discretion in finding that no violation occurred, we need not reach this issue. 4 . Although officers are not required to stop questioning when there is an equivocal request for counsel, it is nevertheless”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“At the penalty phase, the victim may present information about the murdered person and the impact of the murder on the victim and other family members and may submit a victim impact statement in any format to the trier of fact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Armstrong
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.