State v. James’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"(1) a defendant's conduct constitutes an offense within the jurisdiction of the court where the first prosecution occurred and within the jurisdiction of the court where the subsequent prosecution is pursued; (2) the first prosecution resulted in an acquittal or a conviction; and (3) the subsequent prosecution is based on an offense arising out of the same transaction [as that term is defined in § 46-1-202(23), MCA]."”

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

2. “"Same transaction" means conduct consisting of a series of acts or omissions that are motivated by: (a) a purpose to accomplish a criminal objective and that are necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of that objective.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Helena v. O'Connell

3. “criminal objective—driving at high speed to elude capture—was the same as to each charge”

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