Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
July 2008
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burks v. United States · Pate v. Robinson · Lockhart v. Nelson · Riggins v. Nevada · Brewer 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A “substantial step” toward the commission of a crime, for purposes of the crime of attempt, is any overt act beyond mere preparation and in furtherance of intent to commit the offense. Whether a defendant has taken a substantial step toward the commission of the crime, so as to be guilty of attempt to commit that crime, is a question of fact to be decided by the jury based on the particular circumstances of the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cohen v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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