Leonard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Robbery is not confined to a fixed locus, but may spread over considerable and varying periods of time. All matters immediately antecedent to and having direct causal connection with the robbery are deemed so closely connected with it as to form in reality a part of the occurrence. Thus, although acts of violence and intimidation preceded the actual taking of the property and may have been primarily intended for another purpose, it is enough to support the charge of robbery when a person takes the property by taking advantage of the terrifying situation he created.”

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

2. “(b) Whether the evidence supports the finding of an aggravating circumstance or circumstances; (c) Whether the sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any arbitrary factor; and (d) Whether the sentence of death is excessive, considering both the crime and the defendant.”

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

3. “matter which the court deems relevant to sentence, whether or not the evidence is ordinarily admissible.”

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