Scott Heddings v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. The defendant’s conduct must constitute an equivalent 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 must result in an acquittal or a conviction; and 3. The subsequent prosecution must be based on an offense arising out of the same transaction. 5”

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

2. “[Cjonduct 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; or (b) a common purpose or plan that results in the repeated commission of the same offense or effect upon the same person or the property of the same person.”

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

3. “(1) his conduct constitutes an offense within the federal jurisdiction where his first prosecution occurred and it constitutes an offense in the State jurisdiction where his second prosecution was pursued; (2) he was convicted or acquitted in the federal prosecution; and (3) his State prosecution is based on an offense arising out of the same transaction.”

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