Powers v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 2023
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Vega v. State · Demery v. State · 230 Ga. App. 274 - Park v. State · Brunson 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... (2) Is attempting to commit, committing, or fleeing the commission or attempted commission of a felony; or (3) Was the aggressor or was engaged in combat by agreement unless he withdraws from the encounter and effectively communicates to such other person his intent to do so and the other, notwithstanding, continues or threatens to continue the use of unlawful force.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wainwright v. State“[A] defendant is not entitled to a jury instruction on justification when the evidence is that the supposedly justified party was the aggressor.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wainwright 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.