State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Chambers · State v. Weems · State v. Avery · State v. Hibler · State v. Beeler
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The relevant mental state for involuntary manslaughter is acting 'recklessly,' which is to 'consciously disregard[ ] a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or that a result will follow, and such disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.' " (alteration in original) (quoting Mo. Rev. Stat. § 562.016.4 ) ). Federal and Zurich next contend that, even assuming Sullivan's conduct constituted "gross negligence,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) an absence of aggression or provocation on the part of the defender; (2) a real or apparently real necessity for the defender to kill in order to save himself from an immediate danger of serious bodily injury or death; (3) a reasonable cause for the defendant’s belief in such necessity; and (4) an attempt by the defender to do all within his power consistent with his personal safety to avoid the danger and the need to take a life.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The court shall be obligated .to instruct the jury with respect to a particular included offense only if there is a basis in the evidence for acquitting the defendant of the immediately higher included offense and there is a basis in the evidence for , convicting the defendant of that particular included offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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