State v. Turner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Ariegwe's defense, given that he was acquitted of the charge of sexual intercourse without consent. At the very least, the State argues, the court did not abuse its discretion in denying Ariegwe's motion on the ground that the instruction cured the prosecutor's error. ¶ 168 We agree with the State's latter point. As noted above, the District Court reasoned in its order denying Ariegwe's motion that”

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

2. “Accountability ... is merely a conduit by which one is held criminally accountable for the acts of another. There is no separate offense, only the underlying offense which has been physically committed by another, but for which the defendant is equally responsible because of his or her conspiring or encouraging participation.”

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

3. “the gravity of the offense, the brutality with which it was committed, and the factors, if any, which led to a call for leniency ....”

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