Foster v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
July 1986
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Martin v. State · Terry v. State · Burks v. State · Galloway v. State · Washington 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““All voluntary killings are murder, and the presence or absence of malice relates only to the punishment. Thus it would appear proper to submit the issue of malice only during the punishment stage.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Cain v. State · Ruiz 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.