State v. Wallace’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 federal appellate · 4 district · 89 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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[ T]hat defendant (1) while armed with a deadly weapon, (2) took property from another person against that person’s will, and (3) in the course of taking the property, defendant threatened or used force against that person with the intent to deprive them of their property. A.R.S. §§ 13-1902, -1904. Stated otherwise, there must be evidence establishing that defendant’s intent to commit robbery was coexistent with his use of force.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Comer · State v. Lopez

2. “1. ¶ 16 In Wallace I, this Court said, We believe ... that [Wallace’s] actions clearly amount to “gratuitous violence.” Had defendant’s intent been merely to kill these people, less violent alternatives were readily available to him. Specifically, defendant admits to having had a loaded gun with him that afternoon. He deliberately chose not to use it, however, because the noise would alert neighbors.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wallace · Adamson v. Ricketts

3. “The defendant’s capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of law was significantly impaired, but not so impaired as to constitute a defense to prosecution.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Wallace · State v. Herrera, Jr.