State v. Flemming’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 83 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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “from the natural and ordinary meaning of the statutory language within the context of the entire statute without any forced or subtle construction that would extend or limit the statute's meaning.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services, Inc. v. Aerocentury Corp. · Julia H. "Robin" Meyers v. First Tennessee Bank, N.A.

2. “to prove aggravated assault, the State would need only show that, during the commission of a simple assault, the defendant displayed a deadly weapon. Under the State’s broad definition of ‘deadly weapon,’ the defendant’s fists and feet would inevitably be displayed. Thus, the defendant becomes both the perpetrator and the deadly weapon, the simple assault becomes aggravated assault, and the misdemeanor becomes a felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Rocha

3. “A person is criminally responsible for the facilitation of a felony if, knowing that another intends to commit a specific felony, but without the intent required for criminal responsibility under § 39-11-402(2), the person knowingly furnishes substantial assistance in the commission of the felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Crowe