State v. Bocksnick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Interference with a law enforcement officer. — (1) A person commits the offense of interference with a law enforcement officer if he knowingly employs or threatens to employ physical force against a law enforcement officer engaged in performing his official duties.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Busch v. State · Easterly v. State

2. “Clearly, this statute prohibits resisting arrest. The next section, § 41-2804, supra, addresses a different subject by proscribing interference with an officer who is performing his official duties. Here, there was no evidence that the officers were performing any duty other than effectuating respondent’s arrest. We have long recognized, as stated in Breakfield, that penal statutes must be strictly construed. Therefore, we think the legislature did not intend that § 41-2804 would be applicable when one, as here, resists his arrest. Consequently, we do not find substantial evidence to support a conviction of the respondent for interfering with a police officer in the performance of his duties . . .”

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

3. “"Resisting arrest. — (1) A person commits the offense of resisting arrest if he knowingly resists a person known by him to be a law enforcement officer effecting an arrest."(Emphasis added.)”

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