State v. Hatcher’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
April 2023
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Berger v. United States · Griffin v. United States · State v. Smith · State v. Hall · Poe 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Intoxication, whether voluntary or involuntary, is relevant to the issue of the essential element of the defendant’s culpable mental state. In this case, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt the required culpable mental state of the defendant which is [insert definition of specific mental state required for charged and included offenses]. If you find that the defendant was intoxicated to the extent that [he] [she] could not have possessed the required culpable mental state, then [he] [she] cannot be guilty of the offense charged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Henretta“[W]e emphasize that the psychiatric testimony must demonstrate that the defendant’s inability to form the requisite culpable mental state was the product of a mental disease or defect, not just a particular emotional state or mental condition. It is the showing of a lack of capacity to form the requisite culpable mental intent that is central to evaluating the admissibility of expert psychiatric testimony on the issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The defense theory ... was that he was so frightened of his brother Chris that he participated in .the shootings with less than the culpable mental state required for premeditated murder or attempted premeditated murder. That is, the defense argued that [the defendant’s fear of his brother] prevented him from acting intentionally and with premeditation while he participated in the. shooting.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.