Potts v. Zant’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
March 1986
most recently cited
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Blockburger v. United States · Giglio v. United States · Gregg v. Georgia · Bonner v. City of Prichard · Witherspoon v. Illinois
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he offense of kidnapping of Michael Priest was committed while the offender was engaged in the commission of another capital felony, to-wit: murder of Michael Priest.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Potts v. Zant“We, the jury, find the defendant guilty as to Count Three, kidnapping.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Potts v. Zant
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.