Murphy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 16 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. “[I]t is the duty of the courts, whenever possible, to harmonize acts of the Legislature with the Constitution.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. CRIPPS v. STATE · 2018 OK CR 39 - VANDERPOOL v. STATE

2. “. . . in no event shall a defendant who has received an intelligence quotient of seventy-six (76) or above on any individually administered, scientifically recognized, standardized intelligence quotient test administered by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist, be considered mentally retarded and, thus, shall not be subject to any proceedings under this section.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. FUSTON v. STATE

3. “(1) criminalizes an act after the act has been committed, (2) increases the severity of a crime after it has been committed; (3) increases the punishment for a crime after it has been committed; or (4) alters the rules of evidence, allowing conviction on less or different testimony than the law required at the time the act was committed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. MASON v. STATE