State v. Cassius’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

49 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The question of whether two offenses are the same, and the criteria for resolving that question, are set out in State v. Tinghitella, 108 Ariz. 1 , 491 P.2d 834 (1971). There, we held that in order to constitute different offenses, no element of either offense may be an element of the other; i.e., the two offenses must not contain a common element---- The federal courts use a different test, less favorable to the defendant. They hold that the offenses charged are not the same if each contains an element not contained in the other. Blockburger v. United States, 284 U.S. 299, 304 [ 52 S.Ct. 180, 182 , 76 L.Ed. 306 ]....”

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

2. “being convicted of a felony while free on his own recognizance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dixon v. Dupnik

3. “committing a felony while free on his own recognizance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dixon v. Dupnik