Murphy v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1987
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hickman v. State · Wiggins v. State · Ex Parte Keller · Jefferson 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although, the error relates to punishment only, the jury, not the court assessed punishment. We may not, therefore, reform the sentence or remand for a new trial on punishment only.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bogany 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.