Sims v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
January 2025
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hunnicutt v. State · Nelson 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]ny firearm capable of discharging a projectile composed of any material which may reasonably be expected to be able to cause lethal injury ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. STATE v. DIAZ
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.