State v. Reid’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. The defendant continues to suffer from mental disease or defect. The Court accepts the current diagnosis as set forth by Dr. Alton Couturier in his evaluation of February 26, 2003. 2. Taking into account the circumstances of the original offense, the defendant's continuing drug dependency, the defendant's present mental state, and the risk assessment prepared by Dr. Couturier, the Court finds that the defendant remains a substantial danger to others and presents a substantial likelihood of committing criminal acts jeopardizing the public safety, as a consequence of her mental disorder.”

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

2. “Than Acquittal ¶ 41 Klein alternatively argues that even if she continues to suffer from a mental disease or defect, she must nonetheless be released because she no longer suffers from the same mental disease or defect that justified her original acquittal. We reject this assertion. ¶ 42 An insanity acquittee must be released if it is demonstrated by a preponderance of the evidence that he or she”

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

3. “A finding of `mental illness' alone cannot justify a State's locking a person up against his will and keeping him indefinitely in simple custodial confinement ... [T]here is no constitutional basis for confining such persons involuntarily if they are dangerous to no one and can live safely in freedom.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Klein