State v. Boots’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he option that the state was given [by the Boots I remand order] was `to retry the charge of aggravated murder,' not to retry only part of it.”

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

2. “whether a proceeding in which less than all of the elements of aggravated murder could be tried would offend any constitutional protections.”

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

3. “proceedings not inconsistent with [ Boots I ] * * * and this decision,”

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