State v. Pierre’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 3 district · 60 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 71 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently October 2024 · most notably State v. Knight (1987), Andrews v. Deland (1991)
5 federal appellate · 3 district · 60 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 Bruton v. United States · Gregg v. Georgia · Furman v. Georgia · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Sheppard v. Maxwell
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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The homicide was committed by a convict under sentence of imprisonment. (b) At the time the homicide was committed the actor also committed another homicide. (c) The actor knowingly created a great risk of death to a person other than the victim and the actor. (d) The homicide was committed while the actor was engaged in the commission of, or an attempt to commit, or flight after committing or attempting to commit, robbery, rape, forcible sodomy, or aggravated sexual assault or arson, burglary or kidnapping. (e) The homicide was committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing an arrest by a peace officer acting under color of legal authority or for the purpose of effecting an escape from lawful custody. (f) The homicide was committed for pecuniary or other personal gain. (g) After having previously been convicted of first or second degree murder. (h) The homicide was committed upon a child under the age of twelve years as the result of physical abuse or neglect.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) When a defendant has pled guilty to or been found guilty of a capital felony, there shall be further proceedings before the court or jury on the issue of sentence... . (2) In these sentencing proceedings, evidence may be presented as to any matter the court deems relevant to sentence, including but not limited to the nature and circumstances of the crime, the defendant's character, background, history, mental and physical condition, and any other facts in aggravation or mitigation of the penalty. ... . (3) [Thereafter, t]he court or jury, as the case may be, shall retire to consider the penalty... .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Kay · State v. Codianna“'sentence resulted from prejudice or arbitrary action or was disproportionate.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.