State v. Woods’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(3) A person committed to the custody of the director of the department of public health and human services must have a hearing within 180 days of confinement to determine the person’s present mental condition and whether the person must be discharged or released or whether the commitment may be extended because the person continues to suffer from a mental disease or defect that renders the person a danger to the person or others ... The hearing is a civil proceeding, and the burden is upon the state to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the person may not be safely released because the person continues to suffer from a mental disease or defect that causes the person to present a substantial risk of: (a) serious bodily injury or death to the person or others; (b) an immediate threat of physical injury to the person or others; or (c) substantial property damage. (4) According to the determination of the court upon the hearing, the person must be discharged or released on conditions the court determines to be necessary or must be committed to the custody of the director of the department of public health and human services to be placed in an appropriate mental health facility for custody, care, and treatment.”

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

2. “Commitment upon finding of not guilty by reason of lack of mental state —hearing to determine release or discharge. (1) When a defendant is found not guilty for the reason that due to a mental disease or defect the defendant could not have a particu lar state of mind that is an essential element of the offense charged, the court shall order a predisposition investigation. ... (5) A professional person shall review the status of the person each year. At the time of the annual review, the director of the department of public health and human services [the director] or the person or the representative of the person may petition for discharge or release of the person.”

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