Young v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Under the law as it existed at the time of the offense and time of trial, an accomplice could be charged, tried and convicted in the same manner as the principal. Ind.Code § 385-1-29-1. The alterations in the verdict form were, therefore, a mere, technicality. Under the statute, it was immaterial whether the defendant was the actual perpetrator of the crime or an accomplice. The alterations in the verdict form were unnecessary, but as returned, the verdict was neither ambiguous nor inconsistent with the charging information or the evidence."”

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

2. “"We, the Jury, find the defendant, Jerome A. Young a/k/a David A. Young, guilty of aiding and abetting an accomplice who inflicted physical injury during robbery as charged in Count III of the Information." (Trial Record at 281).”

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

3. ““McKinley v. State, supra, was distinguished . . . upon the basis that property, although taken in one occurrence, was the property of two separate entities and was taken from two separate persons.” (our emphasis)”

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