Lopez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2004
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Puga · State v. Rhea · State v. Parker · Rhea v. State · State v. Ford
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.
“In addition to the other elements of ... (identify crime or crimes) the state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant acted intentionally when he committed the crime. A person acts intentionally when he purposely does an act which the law declares to be a crime, even though he may not know that his act is unlawful. Whether the defendant acted intentionally may be inferred from all of the surrounding circumstances, such as the manner in which he acts, the means used, [and] his conduct [and any statements made by him].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Gee“For you to find the defendant guilty of larceny ..., the state must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime: 1. The defendant took and carried away ..., (describe property) belonging to another, (which had a market value over $•••); 2. At the time he took this property, the defendant intended to permanently deprive the owner of it; 3. This happened in New Mexico on or about the ... day of ..., 19 ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Gee
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.