Strader v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

115 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 115 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““But we have held that such charge need not be given where there is ‘no evidence’ of such offense, and the charge would be a mere abstraction ‘upon hypothetical questions not suggested by proof.’ ””

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 4 Tenn. Crim. App. 610 - Murphy v. State · Fuller v. State

2. “[A] charge of rape also embraces the lesser included offenses of assault and battery with intent to commit rape (T.C.A. § 39-605), an assault with intent to commit a felony (T.C.A. § 39-603), and an assault and battery, which is a misdemeanor. 210 Tenn. at 676 , 362 S.W.2d at 227 .”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Staggs · Bartlett v. State

3. “He had the right to have all the law as to these different grades of offenses explained to the jury, in order that they might apply the law in determining whether he was guilty of any one or none of such offenses. He had this right because the statute (T.C.A. § 40-2518) gave it to him, and because it was a part of his constitutional right of trial by jury to have every issue made by the evidence tried and determined by the jury under a correct and complete charge of the law given by the Judge.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Staggs · Howard v. State