State v. Koss’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 256 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 275 later decisions — most recently January 2026 · most notably State v. Barnes (2002), State v. Sallie (1998)
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 256 state decisions — followed in 12 states
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 State v. Deem · Bostic v. Connor · State v. Thomas · State v. Robbins · State v. Kelly
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 275 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Expert testimony regarding the battered woman syndrome can be admitted to help the jury not only to understand the battered woman syndrome but also to determine whether the defendant had reasonable grounds for an honest belief that she was in imminent danger when considering the issue of self-defense. " 'Expert testimony on the battered woman syndrome would help dispel the ordinary lay person's perception that a woman in a battering relationship is free to leave at any time. The expert evidence would counter any "common sense" conclusions by the jury that if the beatings were really that bad the woman would have left her husband much earlier. Popular misconceptions about battered women would be put to rest, including the beliefs that the women are masochistic and enjoy the beatings and that they intentionally provoke their husbands into fits of rage. See Walker, The Battered Woman, 19-31 (1979).' "”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“Admission of expert testimony regarding the battered woman syndrome does not establish a new defense or justification. It is to assist the trier of fact to determine whether the defendant acted out of an honest belief that she is in imminent danger of death or great bodily harm and that the use of such force was her only means of escape.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * The battered woman syndrome is a matter of commonly accepted scientific knowledge and the court has allowed testimony about it. The subject matter and details of the battered woman syndrome is \sic ] not within the general understanding or experience of a person who is a member of the general populace, and as such is not within the field of common knowledge. This testimony on the battered woman syndrome is presented to assist in dispelling the common perception that a woman in a battering relationship is free to leave at any time. This testimony will counter any pre-existing conclusions you may have that if Defendant’s beatings were really that bad she would have left her husband much earlier. Any misconceptions that you may have regarding battered women must be put to rest, including the popular belief that battered women are masochistic and enjoy the beatings and that they intentionally provoke their husbands into fits of rage.””
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.