Cowans v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
July 1997
most recently cited
19 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Poindexter v. State · Zickefoose v. State · Wofford v. State · Washington v. State · Himes 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The liability of the defendant turns on his purpose as manifested through his conduct. If the defendant’s conduct, in light of all the relevant facts involved, constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of the crime and is done with the necessary specific intent, then the defendant has committed an attempt.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lewis · Dillon 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.