State v. Ellis’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently October 1994
10 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 McGautha v. California · State v. Park · State v. Hamilton · State v. Northup · State v. Ela
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘Reckless conduct’ which, when viewed objectively is considered in law to have the equivalent effect of a subjective intention to kill, is traditionally described as ‘reckless and wanton and willful’ conduct. Although it necessarily involves neither a subjective intention to kill nor a subjective awareness of the serious danger to which others are ex posed, (State v. Lafferty, Me., 209 A.2d 647 , 672 n. 5 (1973)) it is regarded in law as such a serious disregard of the obligation to exercise reasonable care so as not to unreasonably endanger the lives and safety of others as to be tantamount to a subjective intention to kill, and deserving of the same punishment.” (Emphasis added) State v. Ellis, Me., 325 A.2d 772 , 776 n. 2 (1974).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Woodbury“necessarily involves neither a subjective intention to kill nor a subjective awareness of the serious danger to which others are exposed, . . . it is regarded in law as such a serious disregard of the obligation to exercise reasonable care so as not to unreasonably endanger the lives and safety of others as to be tantamount to a subjective intention to kill and deserving the same punishment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Crocker“gross or culpable negligence . . . involv[ing] reckless disregard for the lives or safety of others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Crocker
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.