State v. Craig’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
February 1999
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Brown v. Illinois · Mincey v. Arizona · Bumper v. North Carolina · State v. Turner
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“There need not be direct evidence of premeditation and deliberation to support a capital murder conviction; indirect evidence and inferences reasonably drawn from circumstances surrounding the murder are sufficient. State v. Turner, 623 S.W.2d 4, 7 (Mo. banc 1981). Premeditation is present if the accused reflects on his act for any length of time prior to the act. Deliberation is found when an act is performed with a cool and deliberate state of mind. Id. at 7 ; State v. Strickland, 609 S.W.2d 392, 394 (Mo. banc 1980).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. LaRette
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.