State v. Shepherd’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently June 1991 · most notably State v. Hammonds (1976), State v. Wells (1976)
38 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
Relies on Mullaney v. Wilbur · State v. Cutler · State v. Cooper · State v. Buchanan · State v. Hammonds
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In the event that the defendant is convicted of murder in the first degree, the Court will conduct a separate hearing or separate sentencing hearing, to determine whether the defendant should be sentenced to death or life imprisonment. This proceeding may be conducted before you or another jury. It will be conducted, if necessary, as soon as practical after your . . . after any verdict of guilty of first degree murder is returned. If that time comes, you will receive separate sentencing instructions. However, at this time, your only concern is to determine whether the defendant is guilty of the crime charged, or any lesser included offense, about which you are instructed.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Anderson“Under this motion the trial court is “[V]ested with discretionary authority to set aside a verdict and order a new trial whenever in his opinion the verdict is contrary to the greater weight of the credible testimony.” ... The decision of the court involves the exercise of its discretion. This is a question of law and not reviewable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Jorgenson
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.