Berryman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 20 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The instruction as given by the Court states the rule with reference to insanity in the form and language uniformly followed by this Court in all insanity matters. The instruction sets forth two conditions which must exist in order for the defendant to be criminally responsible. In the first place, the defendant must have the mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong, as applied to the particular act. In the second place, he must have had the capacity to understand the nature and probable consequences of the act. It naturally follows that if the defendant appears not to have had the mental capacity to distinguish between right and wrong, or if he did not have the capacity to understand the nature and consequences of his act, he is not criminally responsible.””

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

2. “Every person who is guilty of the detestable and abominable crime against nature, committed with mankind or with a beast, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding ten (10) years.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. National Gay Task Force v. Board of Education