Moffitt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person acts 'knowingly' with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a provision of law defining an offense when the person is aware that the conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists. When knowledge of the existence of a particular fact is an element of the offense, that knowledge is established if a person is aware of a substantial probability of its existence, unless the person actually believes it does not exist.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marshall v. State

2. “knowingly fail] to appear before a court or judicial officer as required”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. David W. Guthrie II v. State

3. “the result of mistake, inadvertence, or negligence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marshall v. State