State v. Angle’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person commits disorderly conduct if: 1. With intent to disturb the peace or quiet of a neighborhood, family, or person, or with knowledge of doing so he 2. Recklessly handles, displays or discharges a deadly weapon.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Miranda · State v. Cutright

2. “[i]ntentionally placing another person in reasonable apprehension of imminent physical injury”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Miranda · State v. Cutright

3. “[The] jury could have found that the defendant did not intend to put [his wife] in apprehension of imminent physical injury but merely intended to disturb her, or, perhaps what is equally reasonable, that he had no intent to either put her in apprehension of injury or to disturb her but merely continued his course of disorderly conduct knowing he was disturbing her, which would be enough to support a conviction [for disorderly conduct].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Lara