State v. McFadden’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
33 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently January 2016 · most notably State v. Kluttz (1987), 539 So. 2d 1235 - State v. Martin (1989)
33 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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 Ashe v. Swenson · 96 Wis. 2d 48 - State v. Rabe · State v. Robinson · Commonwealth v. Root · The People v. Allen
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] person commits a class “D” felony when the person unintentionally causes the death of another person by the commission of a public offense other than a forcible felony or escape.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Wullner · State v. Ayers“[T]he evidence is viewed in the light most favorable to the State; that all of the evidence must be considered, and not just that which supports the verdict; that the verdict must be upheld if supported by substantial evidence; and that substantial evidence as could convince a rational trier of fact that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Wullner · State v. Howard“Defendants by participating in the unlawful racing initiated a series of events resulting in the death of [the victim]. Under these circumstances, decedent’s own unlawful conduct does not absolve defendants from their guilt. The acts of defendants were contributing and substantial factors in bringing about the death of [the victim]. The acts and omissions of two or more persons may work concurrently as the efficient cause of an injury and in such case each of the participating acts or omissions is regarded in law as a proximate cause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Shortridge
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.