State v. Oliphant’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an irrelevant issue-the arresting officers' actual state of mind-into the jury's deliberations concerning [the defendant's] claim of self-defense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 290 Or. App. 152 - State v. Flack · 296 Or. App. 553 - State v. Jones

2. “had a right to have the jury consider the circumstances surrounding the event from his own point of view”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 290 Or. App. 152 - State v. Flack · 296 Or. App. 553 - State v. Jones

3. “"Instead, Wood was entitled to have his right to self-defense explained to the jury in terms of what a reasonable person in his position would have believed was occurring. What the officers believed was not (indeed, could not have been) any part of Wood's state of mind."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 296 Or. App. 553 - State v. Jones