State v. Best’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 2007
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Beal v. Franklin · State v. Marshall Norman Hicks · State v. Foust · State v. Duboise · State v. Redfern
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) [the] unlawful killing of a human being, (2) without malice, and (3) without premeditation and deliberation.”
2 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.