Wrinkles v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently January 2019 · most notably Sweeney v. State (1998), Stevens v. State (1997)
2 federal appellate · 25 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
Relies on Gregg v. Georgia · Furman v. Georgia · Caldwell v. Mississippi · Woodson v. North Carolina · Zant v. Stephens
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A person attempts to commit a crime when he knowingly engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step toward the commission of the crime. The crime of Rape is defined by statute as follows: A person who knowingly has sexual intercourse with a member of the opposite sex when the other person is compelled by force or imminent threat of force commits rape. The offense is a Class A felony if it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon. The elements of this offense are that the Defendant must: 1. Knowingly 2. Have sexual intercourse 3. With a member of the opposite sex 4. By compelling the other person with force or the imminent threat of force 5.While armed with a deadly weapon. The term “sexual intercourse” as used herein means an act that includes any penetration of the female sex organ by the male sex organ.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McCann v. State“It is not error to inform the jury that its sentencing decision is a recommendation, because this is a correct statement of Indiana law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McManus v. State“A claim of fundamental error is not viable absent a showing of grave peril and the possible effect on the jury's decision. ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dawson 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.