Mode v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The killing being proved, the burden of proving circumstances of mitigation that justify or excuse the homicide shall devolve on the defendant. Unless by proof on the part of the State, it is sufficiently manifest that the offense amount to only manslaughter, or that the accused was justified or excused in committing the homicide. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Ellis v. State

2. ““The defendant, * * *, interposes a plea of self defense, that the killing of * * * under the circumstances constituted justifiable homicide. The burden of proof is upon the defendant, * * *, to prove such defense by a preponderance of the evidence.””

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