Spearman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Old Chief v. United States · Herrera v. Collins · Jones v. United States · Dix v. Georgia · United States ex rel. Attorney General of the United States v. Delaware & Hudson Co.
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he legal status of the offender is an essential element of the crime, and the act-the possession-is illegal only if performed by one occupying that status.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Person v. State · Hines v. State“bifurcation was impractical, if not impossible, because the defendant was tried solely for the offense of Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Person v. State · Imel v. State“A serious violent felon who knowingly or intentionally possesses a firearm commits unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, a Class B felony.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ray v. State · Gray 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.