State v. McGill’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “B. For purposes of this Section: (1) "Burning" means an injury to flesh or skin caused by heat, electricity, friction, radiation, or any other chemical or thermal reaction. ... (4) "Household member" means any person of the opposite sex presently living in the same residence or living in the same residence within five years of the occurrence of the domestic abuse battery with the defendant as a spouse, whether married or not, or any child presently living in the same residence or living in the same residence within five years immediately prior to the occurrence of domestic abuse battery, or any child of the offender regardless of where the child resides. (5) "Serious bodily injury" means bodily injury that involves unconsciousness, extreme physical pain, or protracted and obvious disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member, organ, or mental faculty, or a substantial risk of death.”

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

2. “• Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Criminal Docket No. 189,131: convicted August 20, 1997; ten years at hard labor; and, • Possession of Schedule II CDS, Criminal Docket No. 257,640: pled guilty on September 10, 2007; five years at hard labor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 253 So. 3d 872 - State v. McGill