Curry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
August 1994
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Denham v. State · Blain v. State · Davidson v. State · Harris v. State · Alvarez v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“It is well established that a knife is not a deadly weapon per se, although a knife can qualify as a deadly weapon through the manner of its use, its size and shape and its capacity to produce death or serious bodily injury. [Citations omitted.] Thus, the essential question is whether there is sufficient evidence to show that the appellant used the knife or intended to use the knife in such a way that it was ‘capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.’ [Citations omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Swartz 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.