State v. Anderson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““That Jess Anderson on the 25th day of February, A. D. 1940, at the county of Salt Lake, State of Utah, did commit the crime of involuntary manslaughter, as follows, to wit: Jesse Anderson killed Clark Romney without malice contrary to the provisions of the statute of Utah * *”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Avery · State v. Bleazard

2. ““Involuntary manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice in the commission of (a) -an unlawful act not amounting to a felony, or (b) in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death (1) in an unlawful manner or (2) without due caution and circumspection.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Barker

3. ““(1) The information or indictment may charge, and is valid and sufficient if it charges the offense for which the defendant is being prosecuted in one or more of the following ways: “(a) By using the name given to the offense by the common law or by a statute.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hartman