Patton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Count I — Theft of Property of the Value of Less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) “The definitions and material elements of all crime(s) charged and included will be stated in other instructions. * * * “Final Instruction Number 18: As stated in a previous instruction under Count I of the information filed in this case, the defendant may be found guilty of Theft of Property of the Value of One Hundred Dollars or More or of Theft of Property of the Value of Less than One Hundred Dollars or he may be found not guilty. “If, under the law and the evidence, you shall find the defendant guilty and have reasonable doubt as to whether he is guilty of Theft of Property of the Value of One Hundred Dollars or More or Theft of Property of the Value of One Hundred Dollars or Less, you should find’him guilty of the lesser offense, namely, Theft of Property of the Value of One Hundred Dollars or Less. “If you shall determine that the defendant is not guilty of either offense charged in or covered by the information, then he should be found Not Guilty. “You will be furnished with verdict forms as to each offense. You will return only one verdict form, as to Count One.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Ind. App. 663 - Bennett v. State

2. ““. . . If a jury’s verdict is defective in substance it is the trial court’s duty to have the verdict amended before its members separate. . . . . . . Upon review this Court stated that when the trial court notices a defect in the verdict before the jury is discharged, it may order the jury to retire and correct its error. . . .””

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