State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
77 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently August 2019 · most notably State v. Robinson (2002), State v. Cummings (1997)
77 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 Wainwright v. Witt · Adams v. Texas · Victor v. Nebraska · Cage v. Louisiana · Nebraska v. Wyoming
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“motion to dismiss must be allowed unless the State presents substantial evidence of each element of the crime charged”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“'in some high degree of fear, a state of intense fright or apprehension.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Premeditation and deliberation relate to mental processes and ordinarily are not readily susceptible to proof by direct evidence. ... Instead, they usually must be proved by circumstantial evidence. Among other circumstances to be considered in determining whether a killing was with premeditation and deliberation are: (1) want of provocation on the part of the deceased; (2) the conduct and statements of the defendant before and after the killing; (3) threats and declarations of the defendant before and during the course of the occurrence giving rise to the death of the deceased; (4) ill-will or previous difficulty between the parties; (5) the dealing of lethal blows after the deceased has been felled and rendered helpless; and (6) evidence that the killing was done in a brutal manner.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Scott
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.