State v. Saltzman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) A person commits terroristic threats if he or she threatens to commit any crime of violence: (a) With the intent to terrorize another; (b) With the intent of causing the evacuation of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation; or (c) In reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror or evacuation. (2) Terroristic threats is a Class IV felony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 6 Neb. Ct. App. 67 - State v. Rodriguez

2. “When the sufficiency of the evidence as to criminal intent is questioned, a direct expression of intention by the actor is not required; the intent with which an act is committed involves a mental process and may be inferred from the words and acts of the defendant and from the circumstances surrounding the incident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 6 Neb. Ct. App. 67 - State v. Rodriguez

3. “One accused of a crime may be convicted on the basis of circumstantial evidence if the evidence, viewed as a whole, establishes the guilt of the defendant beyond a reasonable doubt---- ... Whether a defendant possesses the requisite state of mind is a question of fact and may be proved by circumstantial evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Thomas