Lawson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
March 2011
most recently cited
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Wilson v. State · Ward v. State · Castleberry 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person commits the offense of simple battery when he ... [i]ntentionally makes physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature with the person of another.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Dm“simple battery encompasses all forms of prohibited contact and is not limited like battery to contact that causes substantial or visible harm”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Dm“A person commits the offense of battery when he or she intentionally causes substantial physical harm or visible bodily harm to another.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Dm
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.