State v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 1997
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Anders v. California · Blockburger v. United States · Callanan v. United States · Morey v. Commonwealth · White 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Proof of armed robbery does not necessitate proof of unlawful possession of a pistol but only that the robbery be committed while armed with a deadly weapon. [Citing the former version of section 16-11-330 of the South Carolina Code.] One lawfully in possession of a pistol may commit armed robbery. The additional fact to be proved for conviction of unlawful possession of a pistol is that the person does not fit within the exceptions where one may lawfully carry a pistol enumerated in [former section 16-23-20].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Kirby
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.