State v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 1999
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Turnipseed · State v. Billington · State v. Strimling · State v. Malaski · State v. Edwards
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a trial court has to submit a lesser offense only if it is a so-called lesser-included offense and only if there is evidence that produces a rational basis for a verdict acquitting the defendant of the offense charged and convicting him of the lesser offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Nunn
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.