State v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
146
cited by 146 later decisions
3
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 144 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Batson v. Kentucky · Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Almendarez-Torres v. United States · Hernandez v. New York · Penry v. Lynaugh
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] trial court must give instructions on all lesser-included offenses that are supported by the evidence[.]”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“would fulfill the same functions as a transcript....”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“A mutual, implied understanding is sufficient, so far as the combination or conspiracy is concerned, to constitute the offense. The existence of a conspiracy may be shown with direct or circumstantial evidence. The proof of a conspiracy may be, and generally is, established by a number of indefinite acts, each of which, standing alone, might have little weight, but, taken collectively, they point unerringly to the existence of a conspiracy.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.