Cates v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The evidence must demonstrate that the deadly weapon was used or exhibited “during the transaction from which” the felony conviction is obtained. To sustain a deadly weapon finding, there must be evidence that others were actually endangered, not “merely a hypothetical potential for danger if others had been present.” An automobile can be a deadly weapon if it is driven so as to endanger fives.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bunton v. State

2. “(A) a firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury; or (B) anything in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bunton v. State

3. “Therefore, the relevant time period for determining whether his truck was used and exhibited as a deadly weapon is the time period after [the victim] was hit.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Clark v. State