Owens v. State’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. ““* * * it is only when the conspiracy agreement is to commit a felony on the person of another, or arson or burglary, that prosecution will lie, unless the agreement is followed by an overt act. In other words, in this and most other jurisdictions, no liability arises for either a civil or criminal conspiracy, unless action follows, except in cases of certain felonies.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

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