Cecil v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The United States Supreme Court has identified factors that might suggest that a seizure has occurred and that a suspect is in custody: the threatening presence of several officers; the display of a weapon by an officer; physical touching of the suspect; and the use of tone of voice or language that would indicate that compliance with the officer’s request would be compelled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Fischer v. Commonwealth

2. “only if, considering the totality of the evidence, the jury might have a reasonable doubt as to the defendant's guilt of the greater offense, and yet believe beyond a reasonable doubt that he is guilty of the lesser offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Prescott v. Commonwealth

3. “We review the trial court’s rulings with respect to jury instructions for abuse of discretion.”); Morrow v. Commonwealth, 286 S.W.3d 206, 209 (Ky.2009) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Allen v. Commonwealth