State v. Maestas’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
28
cited by 28 later decisions
4
cited 4 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
April 2024
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Atkins v. Virginia · Penry v. Lynaugh · State v. Ward · State v. Gunby
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[E]vidence need not be strong or conclusive to warrant the [lesser included offense] instruction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Harris“the trial judge may order the defendant committed for mental examination, evaluation and report.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Evans“wide latitude to craft arguments based on the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Moore
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.