State v. Wagner’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Johnson v. State (1992), State v. Smith (1990)
1 federal appellate · 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.
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“1. “Was the conduct of the defendant that caused the death of the deceased committed deliberately and with a reasonable expectation that death would result?” 2. “Is there a probability that the defendant would commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute a continuing threat to society?” 3. “Should the defendant receive the death sentence, you should answer this question no if you find that there is any aspect of the defendant’s character or background or any circumstances of the offense that you believe would justify a sentence less than death.” 3”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Nefstad · State v. Montez“If constitutionally required, considering the extent to which the defendant's character and background, and the circumstances of the offense may reduce the defendant's moral culpability or blameworthiness for the crime, whether a sentence of death be imposed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Isom · State v. Langley“'Should defendant receive a death sentence? You should answer this question 'no' if you find that there is any aspect of defendant's character or background, or any circumstances of the offense, that you believe would justify a sentence less than death.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. State v. Montez · State v. Langley
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.