State v. Arias’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Involuntary manslaughter consists of manslaughter committed in the commission of an unlawful act not amounting to a felony, or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death in an unlawful manner or without due caution and circumspection.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Yarborough · State v. Abeyta

2. “For you to find the defendant guilty of involuntary manslaughter .. the State must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following elements of the crime: 1. The defendant shot at the veMcle containing Johnny Reyes ... with the honest but unreasonable belief in the necessity to defend himself against imminent peril to Ms life or of great bodily harm____”

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

3. “conduct which is reckless, wanton, or willful.”

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