Eldred v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently May 2007 · most notably Royster v. State (1981), Griffin v. State (1981)
49 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 Williams v. State · McBrayer v. State · Dovalina v. State · Campbell v. State · Fazzino 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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Defense Counsel]: Did you, at any time, threaten (complainant) on July 7th, or at any other time? [Defendant]: No, sir, I haven’t ever threatened him at all. [Defense Counsel]: Did you, at any time, take any money from (complainant) on July 7th without his consent? [Defendant]: No, sir. [Defense Counsel]: Not without his consent? [Defendant]: No. [Defense Counsel]: Now, there was some I assume the girl said he didn’t want to pay her, or wasn’t going to pay her, is that right? [Defendant]: She. said, “He ain’t paid me the money.” [Defense Counsel]: And then he indicated where his money wallet was? [Defendant]: Yes, sir. [Defense Counsel]: And then, you took that to mean he was giving his consent, is that correct? [Defendant]: Yes, sir. [Defense counsel]: Did you have a firearm with you? [Defendant]: No, sir.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Garcia v. State“If no charge [on the lesser included offense] is given, then the jury has two options which are equally distasteful. The first option is to vote not guilty in a situation where they believe the defendant committed [the lesser offense]. The other option is to vote guilty of [the greater offense], an offense they believe the defendant did not commit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bignall v. State“(1) it is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged; (2) it differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a less serious injury or risk of injury to the same person, property, or public interest suffices to establish its commission;”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rodriguez 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.