Richards v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
June 1996
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Messenger 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.
“If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on the occasion, and at the time and place alleged, the defendant did cause the penetration of [the complainant’s] female sexual organ by inserting his sexual organ therein, but you further find, or you have a reasonable doubt thereof, that defendant did not compel [the complainant] to submit or participate in the act by threatening to use force, violence, or a deadly weapon against [the complainant], then you will find the defendant not guilty. (Emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dodgen 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.