Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Mendez] and/or [Carrillo], did then and there unlawfully, intentionally or knowingly commit or attempt to commit felony theft, and while in the course of and furtherance of the commission or attempted commission of felony theft, [Carrillo] did commit an act clearly dangerous to human life, to wit: shooting [Officer] Canales with a deadly weapon, namely, a firearm and did thereby cause the death of [Officer] Canales, and that the defendant, [Nava], with the intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, if any, solicited, encouraged, directed, aided or attempted to aid [Mendez] and/or [Carrillo] to commit the offense. [Nava’s jury charge] [Nava] and/or [Carrillo], did then and there unlawfully, intentionally or knowingly commit or attempt to commit felony theft, and while in the course of and furtherance of the commission or attempted commission of felony theft, [Carrillo] did commit an act clearly dangerous to human life, to wit: shooting [Officer] Canales with a deadly weapon, namely, a firearm and did thereby cause the death of [Officer] Canales, and that the defendant, [Mendez], with the intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, if any, solicited, encouraged, directed, aided or attempted to aid [Nava] and/or [Carrillo] to commit the offense. [Mendez’s jury charge]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Xiomara Rosales Mendez v. State