Foster v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
30
cited by 30 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
July 1999
most recently cited
27 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Godfrey v. Georgia · Maynard v. Cartwright · Allen v. California · Cartwright v. Maynard
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“death of the victim was preceded by torture of the victim or serious physical abuse.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Berget v. State · Johnson v. State“[T]he term “heinous” means extremely wicked or shockingly evil; “atrocious” means outrageously wicked and vile; “cruel” means pitiless, or designed to inflict a high degree of pain, utter indifference to, or enjoyment of, the sufferings of others.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Boltz 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.