State v. Dominguez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Consequently, we have no confidence the jury appropriately considered the alternative of felony murder, and we are firmly convinced the jury would have reached a different verdict if the instructional errors had not occurred.”

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

2. “whether the trial court's instructions adequately covered the essential information contained in those alternative theory pattern instructions—that is, whether the instructions that were given were legally appropriate.”

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

3. “This instruction should not be used when the crime is first-degree murder under the alternative theories of premeditated murder and felony murder. Instead, use PIK 4[th] 68.190 and 68.200[].”

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