State v. Rowe’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
42 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 42 later decisions — most recently November 2025 · most notably State v. Myers (1994), State v. Grimes (1994)
42 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 State v. Buchanan · State v. Partee · State v. Carter · State v. Rowe · State v. Sommers
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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Even if we assume the evidence raised the issue of justification, it presented simply a factual question for the finder of fact to determine. There is no rule of law which requires the trial judge, acting as the trier of fact in a criminal case, to make any special findings of fact. “In a jury-waived action, the judgment of the trial court on the facts has the same force as a jury verdict and will not be set aside on appeal if there is sufficient competent evidence to support it. A guilty verdict of the fact finder in a criminal case must be sustained if there is substantial evidence, taking the view most favorable to the State, to support it.” Defendant argues he has no way of knowing if the court considered the matter of justification. It will be presumed in a jury-waived criminal trial that the judge was familiar with and applied the proper rules of law unless it otherwise clearly appears. In any event, the record of the de novo trial in the District Court indicates the matter was considered.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Section 28-304(1) provides: “A person commits murder in the second degree if he causes the death of a person intentionally, but without premeditation.” In State v. Clermont . . . this court said: “The essential elements in the crime of murder in the second degree are that the killing be done purposely and maliciously.” We also said in State v. Clermont . . . “The elements of malice and intent concern the state of mind of the slayer. Malice, in its legal sense, denotes that condition of mind which is manifested by intentionally doing a wrongful act without just cause or excuse . . . ."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ryan“intentionally doing a wrongful act without just cause or excuse”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. White
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.