State v. Gilmore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"* * * The evidence provided for the jury is usually, as it was here, the opinions of the experts called by the defendant that the defendant could not tell the difference between right and wrong, and the opinions of the experts called by the state that the defendant could tell the difference between right and wrong * * *." 242 Or. at 466 , 410 P.2d at 242 . (Emphasis supplied.)”

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

2. “"`Insanity, to excuse a crime, must be such a disease of the mind as dethrones reason and renders the person incapable of understanding the nature and quality and consequences of his act or of distinguishing between right and wrong in relation to such act. '" 242 Or. at 468 , 410 P.2d at 243 . (Emphasis supplied.)”

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