1 Md. App. 243 - Michael v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 state decisions

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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““He must persuade the triers of fact that, under the circumstances, he was so intoxicated as to be incapable of entertaining the specific mental intent or of possessing the mental state which is an essential element of the crime for which he is being prosecuted.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 6 Md. App. 631 - Brown v. State · 10 Md. App. 630 - Bateman v. State

2. ““Where a particular motive, intent or purpose is an essential element of a crime, drunkenness may be considered in determining whether or not the accused lacked the mental capacity to form the requisite motive, intent, or purpose, and if a sufficient mental incapacity is found to exist drunkenness may constitute a defense to the particular offense charged.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 6 Md. App. 631 - Brown v. State · 5 Md. App. 540 - Johnson v. State