State v. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 79 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 91 later decisions — most recently September 2020 · most notably State v. Lott (1990), State v. Dennis (1997)
3 federal appellate · 79 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 · Eddings v. Oklahoma · Keeble v. United States · State v. Jenkins · State v. Deem
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 91 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Finally, we consider other factors that are relevant to the issue of whether the offender should be sentenced to death. We find his devotion to and care of his late mother during his high school years, his voluntary military service, and his deep love and caring for his children to be redeeming traits. We also find that appellant’s mental health deteriorated following the loss of his son to sudden infant death syndrome. Appellant’s severe depression caused by the loss of his son was untreated and eventually resulted in his quitting his job, the deterioration of his relationship with his neighbors, the disintegration of his marriage, and the tragic deaths of Cheryl and Jesse Mooney.” 44 Ohio St.3d at 33 , 541 N.E.2d at 460 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Whether, at the time of committing the offense, the offender, because of a mental disease or defect, lacked substantial capacity to appreciate the criminality of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law [.]” (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the jury could have reasonably found that the victims' activities coupled with appellant's mental state [suffering from post traumatic stress disorder] caused appellant to act under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.