Lett v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
December 2011
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Victor v. Nebraska · 691 So. 2d 948 - Herring v. State · 645 So. 2d 829 - Chase v. State · Heidel 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The killing of a human being without the authority of law by any means or in any manner shall be murder . . . [w]hen done in the commission of an act eminently [sic] dangerous to others and evincing a depraved heart, regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“so contrary to the overwhelming weight of evidence that to allow it to stand would sanction an unconscionable injustice.”
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.