McLemore v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
August 1989
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sumlin v. State · Lunon v. State · Hamilton v. State · Stout v. State · Witham 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'inferred from the circumstances, such as the character of the weapon used, the manner in which it was used, the nature, extent and location of the wounds inflicted, the conduct of the accused and the like.'”
2 later decisions 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.