State v. Sheldon’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 48 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently September 2018 · most notably Connecticut v. Johnson (1983), Commonwealth v. Woodward (1998)
1 federal appellate · 46 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 Chapman v. State of California · In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Morissette v. United States · Sandstrom v. Montana · Brown v. Ohio
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“" 'Included offense’ means an offense: a.Which is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to establish commission of the offense charged; b. Which consists of criminal facilitation of or an attempt or solicitation to commit'the offense charged; or c. Which differed from the offense charged only in that it constitutes a less serious harm or risk of harm to the same person, property, or public interest, or because a lesser degree of culpability suffices to establish its commission."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“Aggravated assault ... is not a lesser included offense to the offense of attempted murder.... Aggravated assault, except under subsection 4 of § 12.1-17-02, N.D.C.C., requires that a bodily injury be suffered by the victim of the offense.... The offense of attempted murder does not require that the victim of the offense suffer a bodily injury. Although a substantial step toward commission of the crime may well involve a bodily injury, it is clear that the elements of proof involved in the offenses of aggravated assault under subsections 1, 2, and 3 of § 12.1-17-02, N.D.C.C., and attempted murder differ.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Coppage · State v. Ellis“1. Willfully causes serious bodily injury to another human being; 2. Knowingly causes bodily injury or substantial bodily injury to another human being with a dangerous weapon or other weapon, the possession of which under the circumstances indicates an intent or readiness to inflict serious bodily injury; 3. Causes bodily injury or substantial bodily injury to another human being while attempting to inflict serious bodily injury on any human being; or 4. Fires a firearm or hurls a destructive device at another human being.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.