State v. Vigil’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. “1. [Defendant] permitted four small children to be placed in a situation which endangered the life or health of the four children; 2. [Defendant acted with reckless disregard. To find that [Defendant] acted with reckless disregard, you must find that [Defendant] knew or should have known [that his] conduct created a substantial and foreseeable risk, [Defendant disregarded that risk and [Defendant was wholly indifferent to the consequences of the conduct and to the welfare and safety of the four children; 3. [Defendant] was a parent, guardian or custodian of the children, or [Defendant had accepted responsibility for the children’s welfare; 4. The four children were under the age of 18; 5. This happened in New Mexico on or about the 7th day of October, 2008.”

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

2. “Appeals from a judgment of the district court imposing a sentence of death or life imprisonment shall be taken directly to the supreme court.”

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

3. “[f]or the jury to have reached [the conclusions necessary to the verdict, it] had to speculate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1 N.M. Ct. App. 673 - State v. Arrendondo