Sanders v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
25
cited by 25 later decisions
2
states following
September 1997
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Public Broadcasting Service v. Network Project · Ryan v. United States · Loyd v. State · Ruetz v. State · Chatman v. State
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[A] person is justified in using deadly force only if he reasonably believes that that force is necessary to prevent serious bodily injury to himself or a third person or the commission of a forcible felony.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Brooks v. State
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.