State v. Buggs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 federal appellate · 4 district · 297 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 318 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]f a taking or confinement is alleged to have been done to facilitate the commission of another crime, to be kidnapping the resulting movement or confinement: (a) Must not be slight, inconsequential and merely incidental to the other crime; (b) Must not be of the kind inherent in the nature of the other crime; and (c) Must have some significance independent of the other crime in that it makes the other crime substantially easier of commission or substantially lessens the risk of detection.”

   86 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Fernandez · Messer v. Roberts

2. ““Kidnapping is the taking or confining of any person, accomplished by force, threat or deception, with the intent to hold such person: (a) For ransom, or as a shield or hostage; or (b) To facilitate flight or the commission of any crime; or (c) To inflict bodily injury or to terrorize the victim or another; or (d) To interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function.””

   24 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Messer v. Roberts · State v. Kane

3. “requir[es] no particular distance of removal, nor any particular time or place of confinement.”

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