Terry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 1991
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. State · Smith v. State · Hollon v. State · Burr v. State · Grey 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.
“"Court's Instruction No. 4 This is a criminal case brought by the State of Indiana against the defendant, James B. Terry. The case was commenced when an information was filed charging the defendant with the crime of attempted murder. That information, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows: 'On or about the 2nd day of May, 1981, in Tippecanoe County, State of Indiana, James B. Terry did attempt to commit the crime of murder by knowingly and intentionally stabbing and cutting Ferris Orange, Jr., about the head and chest, with a knife, causing serious bodily injury to Ferris Orange, Jr., which conduct constituted a substantial step towards the commission of the crime of 'murder; all of which is contrary to the form of the statutes in such cases made and provided, to-wit: Indiana Code 835-41-5-1 and 85-42-1-1, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana.' Court's Instruction No. 5 The defendant has entered a plea of not guilty and the burden rests upon the State of Indiana to prove to each of you, beyond a reasonable doubt, every essential element of the crime charged. The charge which has been filed is the formal method of bringing the defendant to trial. The fact that a charge has been filed, the defendant arrested and brought to trial is not to be considered by you as any evidence of guilt." Slip opinion at 5.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Stewart v. State“the defendant performed an act which constituted a substantial step toward the commission of the crime of murder and second, that the defendant did so knowingly or intentionally”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Stewart v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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