Marvis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “either acting alone or together with Jerome Dickey, on or about the 4th day of April, 1995, did then and there unlawfully intend to cause serious bodily injury to Carlton Brown, and did cause the death of Carlton Brown by intentionally or knowingly committing an act clearly dangerous to human life, namely, by shooting Carlton Brown with a deadly weapon, namely, a firearm....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marvis v. State · Rivera v. State

2. “whether or not Dr. Brown's testimony provides some evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that appellant's gunshot wounds to complainant's abdominal region caused complainant's death before the other assailant's gunshot wounds to complainant's head.”

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