State v. Atkins’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
December 2017
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Ahearn · State v. Blackwelder · State v. Benbow · State v. Lucas
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether the facts of the case disclose excessive brutality, or physical pain, psychological suffering, or dehumanizing aspects not normally present in that offense,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“requires penetration of the anal opening ... by the penis”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Fletcher
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.