Simpson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 48 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 53 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It appears from the record that the psychologist in question would have testified that appellant lacked the requisite intent because of his great fear of Ben Rodriguez. The question of a person’s intent at the time of the commission of a crime, not related to an issue of insanity, is a question of fact for the jury and not a proper subject of expertise. The psychologist’s testimony in this regard would have been nothing more than hearsay and was not necessary as an aid for the jury’s determination of the issue of the presence or absence of criminal intent.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Powers v. State · Blackmon v. State

2. ““The juvenile court of Shelby County was clearly without jurisdiction as to the felony murder charge as Ind.Code § 31-5-7-4.1(a)(1)(A) (Burns Supp. 1978) specifically excludes the offense of murder from the list of acts which, when committed by a child, would serve to characterize such child as a delinquent. Since the Juvenile Court had no jurisdiction over appellant as to the felony murder charge, the waiver order on that charge was of no effect.””

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

3. ““A Motion for Continuance based on a non-statutory ground is addressed to the discretion of the trial court. [Citation omitted.] Since appellant’s motion was based on an alleged need to have more time for trial preparation, it was such a request directed to the trial court’s discretion.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 182 Ind. App. 62 - Spence v. State