State v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 34 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The court shall not charge the jury with respect to an included offense unless there is a rational basis for a verdict convicting the defendant of the included offense.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. R.T. · State v. Cassady

2. “(1) It is established by proof of the same or less than all the facts required to establish the commission of the offense charged; or . . . . (3) It differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a less serious injury or risk of injury to the same person . . . or a lesser kind of culpability suffices to establish its commission. [ N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8d.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Osborne S. Maloney (068877) · 399 N.J. Super. 86 - State v. Ruiz

3. “the requested charge satisf[ies] the definition of an included offense set forth in N.J.S.A. 2C:1-8d, and (2) . . . there [is] a rational basis in the evidence to support a charge on that included offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Cassady · 399 N.J. Super. 86 - State v. Ruiz