Baldwin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently October 2009 · most notably Bell v. State (1985), DeVaughn v. State (1988)
50 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 American Plant Food Corporation v. State · Brown v. State · Earl v. State · Gonzales v. State · Vaughn 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“. . . did then and there unlawfully, knowingly and intentionally steal a Master Charge credit card belonging to and from Brenda White”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Reynolds v. State · Ex Parte Clark““Ordinarily an indictment which charges an offense in the terms of the statute is sufficient.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State · Jones v. State““(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, a person does not commit an offense unless he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence engages in conduct as the definition of the offense requires. “(b) If the definition of an offense does not prescribe a culpable mental state, a culpable mental state is nevertheless required unless the definition plainly dispenses with any mental element. “(c) If the definition of an offense does not prescribe a culpable mental state, but one is nevertheless required under Subsection (b) of this section, intent, knowledge, or recklessness suffices to establish criminal responsibility. “(d) Culpable mental states are classified according to relative degrees, from highest to lowest, as follows: “(1) intentional; “(2) knowing; “(3) reckless; “(4) criminal negligence. “(e) Proof of a higher degree of culpability than that charged constitutes proof of the culpability charged.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Chance 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.