State v. West’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] person is guilty of attempt to commit an offense when, with the purpose of committing the offense, he does any act which is a substantial step towards the commission of the offense. A "substantial step" is conduct which is strongly corroborative of the firmness of the actor's purpose to complete the commission of the offense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Russell · State v. Presberry

2. “Where a person is present on premises where drugs are found but does not have exclusive use or possession of the premises, it may not be inferred that he had knowledge of the presence of the drugs or had control, so that no submis- sible case is made. Additional factors are required.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hendrix · State v. Politte

3. “be logical, reasonable and drawn from established fact.”

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