State v. Wilkinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 4 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The charge arose from events that took place at defendant’s home while he was intoxicated. Defendant and his wife had an argument that escalated to the point where defendant threatened to kill the family dog. Someone present in the home at the time called the police, and defendant fled. The police arrived and eventually took defendant’s wife to the police station so that she could give a statement. When the wife returned home, she saw Tom and a friend outside. The friend warned her that defendant had a gun. At some point, Tom and defendant’s daughter went inside the home and found defendant with a gun, yelling, “[sjomebody’s going to die today.” Defendant pointed the gun at Tom. The police were summoned again and arrived shortly thereafter. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 572 F. Supp. 2d 470 - Wilkinson v. Hofmann

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   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 572 F. Supp. 2d 470 - Wilkinson v. Hofmann