Anderson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In the first count, all of them were charged as principals. In the second count it was charged that the accused, together with persons to the grand jury unknown, entered into a conspiracy with each other, and went forth armed and disguised in pursuance of such conspiracy for the purpose of killing and murdering Carroll, and pursuant thereto,.and in furtherance of said conspiracy and while the same existed, they each, with the knowledge, consent, and agreement. of the other and with others whose names are unknown, shot and killed him. The third count charged that appellant did the shooting, and the other accused were present as aiders and abetters. The fourth count charged that Woosley did the shooting and that appellant and Ashley aided and abetted. The fifth count charged Ashley did the shooting and that the others aided and abetted. The sixth count charged that some person whose name was unknown to the grand jury did the shooting, and that appellant, Woosley, and Ashley were present aiding and abetting; and, further, that these accused, together with other persons whose names were unknown to the grand jury, went forth armed and disguised, and in pursuance of a conspiracy which they formed to whip Del Carroll and others, and in furtherance of said conspiracy and agreement one of the conspirators whose name is to the grand jury unknown did unlawfully, willfully, maliciously and feloniously kill Carroll. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brannon v. Commonwealth

2. ““If he shot and killed Charlie Carroll, or if he was present aiding and abetting the person who did kill him, or if he was a member of the band of persons who were engaged in some unlawful and felonious undertaking in the execution of which Charlie Carroll was killed, or if he was a member of a conspiracy formed for the purpose of killing this boy, he was guilty in the same degree and to the same extent, no matter in which one • of these capacities he was a party or actor. Therefore, the court did not err in overruling the demurrer to the indictment. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McGee v. Commonwealth