Wells v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
September 1998
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Ashton v. Anderson · Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Armstrong · Hester v. State · Jones 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[T]he substantial step conduct, which must be done intentionally or knowingly in the crime of attempt, must be done with the purpose of committing the principal crime.” 555 N.E.2d at 1374 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrencee.g. Terry 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.