Reed v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
April 1985
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Smith v. State · McGill v. State · Hightire v. State · Stokes v. State · BUCCI v. State
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Whoever with intent to kill another human being perpetrates an assault or assault and battery upon the other human being, shall upon conviction be imprisoned in the state prison for not less than two [2] nor more than fourteen [14] years. [Acts 1959, ch. 49, § 1, p. 119.]””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““Whoever in a rude, insolent or angry manner, unlawfully touches another, is guilty of an assault and battery, . . .””
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.