State v. Burns’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
3 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently August 2003
3 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 State v. Engleman · State v. Brown · State v. Koonce · State v. Foulk · State v. Townsend
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.
“He then pushed up her skirt and pulled off her pantyhose and pants. The victim informed appellant that the store owner was due back in a few minutes. Appellant then began hitting the victim about the face and ears. Appellant was kneeling in front of the victim and unzipped his pants and started masturbating. At this juncture appellant tore open the victim's blouse, pulled her bra down and cut the straps with a knife. He then proceeded to again hit the victim in the face. The victim”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Burns v. Gammon“The appellant then attempted to rape the victim. The victim testified: 4 Q. Okay. When you say he tried to rape you--I know this is difficult, but you're going to have to explain to the Jury exactly what he did that led you to believe he was trying to rape you. 5 A. He was in front of me with his trousers down. He was trying to penetrate me, and he was saying,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Burns v. Gammon“Such an objection states no grounds for why the remark is opposed, does not allow the court an informed opportunity to rule and ultimately presents no question to the trial court for decision or to the appellate court for review.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Burns v. Gammon
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.