Emerson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1998
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burks v. United States · Weatherford v. State · Warner v. State · Kelly v. State · Madden 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.
“... HENRY G. EMERSON, on or about the 25th day of July, A.D.1986, at and in the County of Marion and the State of Indiana, did knowingly touch LYNN BROWN in a rude, insolent or angry manner, to-wit: STRUCK, STABBED AND CUT LYNN BROWN, by means of deadly weapons, to-wit: STICKS AND A KNIFE....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Moore v. State · Emerson v. State“A part of the Statute of the State of Indiana which defines and states the essential elements of the crime of Battery, a Class C felony, with which the defendants are charged in Count Two. of the Information, reads as follows: “A person who knowingly or intentionally touches another person in a rude, insolent, or angry manner commits battery ... a Class C felony if it results in serious bodily injury to any other person or if it is committed by means of a deadly weapon.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Emerson 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.