State v. Tapia’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently May 1996
16 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. Roy · State v. Padilla · State v. Williams · State v. Smith · State v. Kelly
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Appellant recognizes that for him to prevail on this point it is necessary that the court reconsider State v. Williams, 76 N.M. 578 , 417 P.2d 62 (1966), where we stated unequivocally that `voluntary intoxication is no defense to murder in the second degree,' * * *." [Citations Omitted.] * * * * * * "Appellant's argument necessarily turns on his view that a specific intent to kill is an element of the crime of murder in the second degree at least under the instructions given by the court in this case. The law of New Mexico, however, is clear that no specific intent to kill is required for a conviction for second degree murder."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lunn“"We would agree with the appellant's contention that in crimes where a specific intent is a necessary element, a showing of intoxication to a degree that would make such an intent impossible, would establish a valid defense to the charge. [Citations omitted.] But, as noted above, a specific intent is not required for conviction in second degree murder, thus explaining why voluntary intoxication is no defense to such a charge." [Citations omitted.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lunn“voluntary intoxication, of a degree which would prevent formation of a specific intent to kill, should have an effect in law of reducing the offense from second degree murder to voluntary manslaughter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Lunn
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.