Collier v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
2
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zickefoose v. State · 2 Cal. 2d 527 - People v. Miller · McHenry v. State · Mitchem v. State · Harris 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] person attempts to commit a crime when, acting with the culpability required for commission of the crime, he engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step toward commission of the crime.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The authorities agree that it is impossible to formulate a general rule or definition of what constitutes an attempt (to murder), which may be applied as a test in all cases.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gentilini v. State“[d Jefining what constitutes an attempt has always been a burden upon the common law, challenging even the most respected judges.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.