Clayton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Instruction D-26: The Court instructs the Jury that if you are unable to find the Defendant, Terry Hye, Jr., guilty of the felony crime of capital murder then you should continue your deliberations to consider the elements of the felony crime of Accessory After the Fact to Murder. Instruction D-28: To find Terry Hye, Jr. guilty of Accessory After the Fact, you must find to [sic] following: (1) a completed felony has been committed; (2) Terry Hye concealed, received, relieved, aided, or assisted a felon, knowing that such person had committed a felony; and (3) such assistance or aid was rendered with the intent to enable such felon to escape or avoid arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment after the commission of the felony.”

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

2. “The Court instructs the Jury that the killing of any human being by the act, procurement or omission of another shall be excusable when committed by accident and misfortune, in the heat of passion upon any sudden and sufficient provocation. If you believe from the evidence that Ethan Micah Smith killed Eric Wayne Midkiff by an act committed by accident and misfortune, in the heat of passion upon sudden and sufficient provocation!;,] then you shall find Ethan Micah Smith not guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 171 So. 3d 542 - Ethan M. Smith v. State of Mississippi