State v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “On certiorari, we review the decision of the court of appeals for correctness, giving no deference to its conclusions of law.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Legg · State v. Sanchez

2. “[al person acts under the influence of extreme emotional distress when he is exposed to extremely unusual and overwhelming stress that would cause the average reasonable person in similar cireumstances to experience a loss of self-control.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Sanchez · 2015 UT App 176 - State v. Lambdin

3. “"As with most cases where this defense may be properly asserted, the issue presented is a very close one since all intentional homicides, with the exception of those by cold-blooded killers or in the course of a felony, are abnormal acts for the perpetrators and the result of strong emotions and stresses, Consequently, a distinction must be drawn so that this defense will only be applicable to those homicides which appropriately qualify under the underlying purpose of this mitigating defense and not en masse to all acts constituting murder...."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Sanchez · 2015 UT App 176 - State v. Lambdin