State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 40 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The United States Supreme Court in Enmund] held that the Eighth Amendment forbids the imposition of the death penalty on a defendant who aids and abets in the commission of a felony in the course of which a murder is committed by others, when the defendant does not himself kill, attempt to kill, or intend that a killing take place or that lethal force will be employed. Thus, an Enmund issue only arises when the State proceeds on a felony murder theory.”

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

2. “It is well settled that the trial court must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the State when determining the sufficiency of the evidence to support this aggravating circumstance. The State is entitled to every reasonable inference to be drawn from the evidence; contradictions and discrepancies are for the jury to resolve; and all evidence admitted that is favorable to the State is to be considered.”

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

3. “First, that the defendant committed or attempted to commit robbery with a firearm.... Second, that while committing or attempting to commit robbery with a firearm the defendant killed the victim with a deadly weapon. And third, that the defendant's act was a proximate cause of the victim's death.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robinson v. Polk