State v. Saiz’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

44 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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"(2) Upon prosecution for a crime, the defendant may be convicted of either the crime charged or a lesser included crime, but not both. A lesser included crime is: (a) A lesser degree of the same crime; (b) a crime where all the elements of the lesser crime are identical to some of the elements of the crime charged; (c) an attempt to commit the crime charged; or (d) an attempt to commit a crime defined under subsection (2)(a) or (2)(b)."”

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

2. ““No party may assign as error tire giving or failure to give an instruction, including a lesser included crime instruction, unless the party objects thereto before die jury retires to consider its verdict stating distinctly die matter to which die party objects and the grounds of die objection unless die instruction or die failure to give an instruction is clearly erroneous.” (Emphasis added.)”

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