State v. Morris’s Empirical Analysis
1957
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently March 1982 · most notably State v. Sallee (1969), State v. Cox (1961)
31 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 State v. Hinojosa · State v. Studebaker · State v. Burchett · State v. Adams · State v. Tompkins
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘The rule is well established by the decisions of this Court that negligence to be deemed culpable within the meaning of the statute and, therefore, criminal, is something more than ordinary, common-law, or actionable negligence. The culpability necessary to support a manslaughter charge must be so great as to indicate a reckless or utter disregard for human life.’ * * * State v. Adams, 359 Mo. 845 , 224 S.W.2d 54 , 57 * * *. In the Adams case the court said: ‘The fundamental requirement to fix criminal responsibility for the consequences of culpable negligence under Sec. 4382 (RSMo 1939) [V.. A.M.S. § 559.070] is knowledge actual or imputed that the negligent act would tend to endanger human life. State v. Studebaker, supra [ 334 Mo. 471 ] 66 S.W.2d [877] loc. cit. 881, and authorities there cited.’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Mintner“[T]he jury could have inferred that appellant, when he continued to operate his automobile at a high rate of speed ..., was grossly indifferent to the danger to himself and others and was proceeding in utter disregard of human life. We must and do hold that there was substantial testimony to show that defendant was guilty of culpable negligence in operating the automobile ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Manning“in ruling the issue presented we are required to view the whole evidence in a light most favorable to the State.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Chase
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.