People v. Wadley’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
October 2009
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wilson v. People · People v. Terry · People v. Gutierrez · Lanari v. People · People v. Deadmond
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.
“They want you to believe that this case is a provocation case, that this is provoking conduct on behalf of [the victim].... This is not sufficient provoking conduct to amount to heat of passion manslaughter. [[Image here]] Heat of passion manslaughter: if you believe that this was highly provoking conduct by [the victim] sufficient to excite an irresistible impulse in the person perceiving that conduct, that caused him to stab [the victim], then that should be your verdict. But read that element, it says if the opportunity for the voice of reason and humanity to be heard, if there’s time for the opportunity or that there’s an opportunity for the voice of reason to be heard, and it’s not heat of passion, it’s murder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Walker v. People
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.