Jordon v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently October 2012 · most notably Harris v. State (1993), Wynn v. State (1988)
34 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 924
Relies on United States v. Harriss · Rowan v. United States Post Office Department · 17 Cal. 3d 330 - In Re Culbreth · 7 Cal. 3d 666 - People v. Chambers · Barnes 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“By employing the term “uses” instead of “while armed” the Legislature requires something more than merely being armed____ One who is armed with a concealed weapon may have the potential to harm or threaten harm to the victim and those who might attempt to interrupt the commission of the crime or effect an arrest____ Although the use of a firearm connotes something more than a bare potential for use, there need not be conduct which actually produces harm but only conduct which produces a fear of harm or force by means or display of a firearm in aiding the commission of one of the specified felonies. “Uses” means, among other things, “to carry out a purpose or action by means of,” to “make instrumental to an end or process,” and to “apply'to advantage.” ... (citations omitted)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“By employing the term “uses” instead of “while armed” the Legislature requires something more than merely being armed____ Although the use of a firearm connotes something more than a bare potential for use, there need not be conduct which actually produces harm but only conduct which produces a fear of harm or force by means or display of a firearm in aiding the commission of one of the specified felonies. “Uses” means ... “to carry out a purpose or action by means of,” to “make instrumental to an end or process,” and to “apply to advantage.” The obvious legislative intent to deter the use of firearms in the commission of the specified felonies requires that “uses” be broadly construed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wynn v. State“The trial was bifurcated and appellant was found guilty of burglary and to have committed four or more previous felonies, thus twenty years is the minimum sentence he could have received under § 41-1001 (2) (b) irrespective of the issue of the firearm, [emphasis supplied]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rogers v. State
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.