Dix v. Kemp’s Empirical Analysis
804 F.2d 618 · 1986
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
October 1987
most recently cited
7 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Chapman v. State of California · Sandstrom v. Montana · Rose v. Clark · United States v. Hasting · Francis v. Franklin
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a reasonable jury might have rejected the argument that [the defendant] was insane, while still finding that the state failed to prove that [the defendant] possessed the requisite intent for malice murder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bowen v. Kemp“I charge you that the acts of a person of sound mind and discretion are presumed to be the product of a person's will. But, this presumption may be rebutted....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bowen v. Kemp“when a criminal defendant raises an insanity defense, a Sandstrom error ordinarily cannot be harmless on the grounds that intent is not at issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bowen v. Kemp
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.