State v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
89 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 90 later decisions — most recently April 2021 · most notably 19 Cal. 4th 108 - People v. Birks (1998), State v. Shickles (1988)
89 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
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1153
Relies on Beck v. Alabama · Keeble v. United States · Bain Jr · De Jonge v. Oregon · Hopper v. Evans
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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the evidence 'provides a rational basis for a verdict acquitting the defendant of the offense charged and convicting him of the included offense.'”
15 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) It is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged; or (b) It constitutes an attempt, solicitation, conspiracy, or form of preparation to commit the offense charged or an offense otherwise included therein; or (c) It is specifically designated by a statute as a lesser included offense.”
11 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Larocco · State v. Carruth“rational basis for a verdict acquitting the defendant of the offense charged and convicting him of the included offense.”
11 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.