State v. Phillips’s Empirical Analysis
1964
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
December 1971
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Barefoot · State v. . Payne · State v. . Lawrence · State v. . Harrison · State v. . Fogleman
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There must be actual or apparent necessity to shoot; otherwise, shooting at a human being is unlawful.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Edwards v. Johnson
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.