Shields v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 2001
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. State · Carter v. State · Ryans v. State · Cherry 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Intent as an essential element of an offense is a question for the jury to be determined from what the accused does and says, and all the facts and circumstances of each case."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Worchester 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.