State v. Pride’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably State v. Mercer (1981), State v. Olinghouse (1980)
44 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 Roberts v. Louisiana · Eaton v. Hobson · State v. Franco · State v. Lang · State v. Aubuchon
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt: First, that on or about May 15, 1978, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, the defendant broke into the dwelling place of Frank Hardy located at 1420 North Newstead and entered therein, and Second, that he did so with the intent to steal property therein, then you will find the defendant guilty of burglary in the second degree. However, if you do not find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt each and all of the foregoing, you must find the defendant not guilty of that offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Owens““Under the so-called withdrawal doctrine, however, which is as applicable to assault as to homicide, one who was the aggressor or who provoked the difficulty in which he killed (or injured or assaulted) another cannot invoke the right of self-defense to excuse or justify the homicide (or injury or assault), unless he had previously withdrawn from the combat in such a manner as to have shown his intention in good faith to desist.” See also § 563.031 RSMo 1978.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Nunn“As much as judges and lawyers might desire it, people generally do not speak in absolutes, probably because they realize that few things are ever absolute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Steele 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.