State v. Glover’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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. ““There being testimony to the effect that the defendant had heard that the drug was poisonous, and that a very small portion of it, one drop, would kill, it was wholly immaterial to inquire whether the drug was in. fact poisonous, or what quantity would be sufficient to endanger life or cause grievous bodily harm. If the defendant administered the drug with intent to kill, after having heard that it would have that effect, all the elements of the offense charged were present. There was the intent to kill, accompanied by an act which he believed was calculated to effect her intent, and the fact that the act done by her fell short of effecting her intent cannot affect the question.””

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