State v. Rodgers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

52 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Flight, in criminal law, is defined as ‘the evading of the course of justice by voluntarily withdrawing oneself in order to avoid arrest or detention, or the institution or continuance of criminal proceedings. The term signifies, in legal parlance, not merely a leaving, but a leaving■ or concealment under a consciousness of guilt and for the purpose of evading arrest. (Emphasis in original.) Such consciousness and purpose is that which gives to the act of leaving its real incriminating character.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 26 Ariz. App. 149 - State v. Bullock · 8 Ariz. App. 72 - State v. Randall

2. ““ ‘Certainly a mere leaving of the scene of a crime is not a fact sufficient to constitute flight under all circumstances. * * * Ordinarily, unless the flight or attempted flight he open, as upon immediate pursuit, the element of concealment or attempted concealment is considered a necessary component.’ (Emphasis added.)” 103 Ariz. at 394 , 442 P.2d at 841 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 15 Ariz. App. 392 - State v. Milton · State v. Castro