State v. Shegrud’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A lesser included offense instruction must be given when there is a proper request by one of the parties and the jury, based on the evidence, could be warranted in finding the defendant guilty of a lesser included offense.”

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

2. “This court reviews for correctness the legal determinations a lower court makes when giving jury instructions, including whether the instructions, as a whole, fully and fairly instruct the jury on the applicable law.”

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

3. “of the high probability that the conduct in which he is engag[ed] ... will cause a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury to another.”

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