State v. Bacon’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
29
cited by 29 later decisions
1
states following
September 2002
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Lockett v. Ohio · Wainwright v. Witt · McKoy v. North Carolina
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“had been in the automobile with Bonnie Sue Clark and the victim, Glennie Leroy Clark; the victim called him a `nigger' and pulled a knife on him; he grabbed the knife from the victim and stabbed him; and, all of this took place while Bonnie Sue Clark was in the vehicle.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bacon v. Lee“at some point . . . told [Bacon] that she wished her husband was dead and did he know of anyone who would kill him.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bacon v. Lee“aid[ing] in the apprehension of another capital felon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bacon v. Lee
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.