352 Wis. 2d 409 - State v. Jacobsen’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. “An attorney does not perform deficiently by failing to make a losing argument.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 382 Wis. 2d 273 - State v. Anthony R. Pico · 383 Wis. 2d 786 - State v. Kelly

2. “The purposes of the prohibition against duplicity-are: (1) to assure that the defendant is sufficiently notified of the charge; (2) to protect the defendant against double jeopardy; (3) to avoid prejudice and confusion arising from evidentiary rulings during trial; (4) to assure that the defendant is appropriately sentenced for the crime charged; and (5) to guarantee jury unanimity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 366 Wis. 2d 169 - State v. Elverman

3. “In other words, the State has discretion to charge a defendant with one continuing offense based on multiple criminal acts when 'the separately chargeable offenses are committed by the same person . . . and relate [] to one continued transaction [.]'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 366 Wis. 2d 169 - State v. Elverman