State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the court was not applying the merger doctrine. The doctrine is a rule of statutory construction used to determine when the Legislature intends that an act violating more than one statute is to be punished as a single crime. [8] Here the court properly understood that because felony murder and intentional murder are alternative means, there could be only one conviction. The court chose its language not to invoke the merger doctrine but to create the effect of a merger. [9]”

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

2. “Adrian Winters, awakened by the noise, came into the living room and tried to stop Ruff's bleeding with a towel. When they had difficulty communicating with the 911 operator, Ruff ran to his neighbor David Wilkins' home and pounded on the door. Before Wilkins got to his door, Ruff ran into the street, where Wilkins then found him sitting. While they waited for medics, Ruff talked about Jesus and said he was”

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

3. “constituting multiple punishments. And while Johnson cites authority that multiple convictions violate double jeopardy even if the sentences run concurrently, the cases are inapposite because Johnson received only one conviction and one sentence. [6] Johnson focuses on the court's use of the word”

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