Cable v. Clemmons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[E]vidence to establish the first conviction occurred when an argument began and [the defendant] grabbed [the victim] and pushed her head against the car window. The evidence of the second conviction was that [the defendant] produced a knife and threatened to kill [the victim]. Finally, the evidence of the third conviction was that after [the victim] pulled over and fled from the scene, [the defendant] vandalized her car by kicking it and striking it with a knife.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Watkins

2. “The courts must consider 1) the statutory elements of the offenses, ...; 2) the evidence used to establish the offenses, ...; 3) whether the defendant’s conduct involved multiple victims or discrete acts; and 4) whether the purpose of the respective statutes at issue is the same or different.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sliger v. Sliger

3. “became angry, grabbed ... her hair, and pushed her head against the car window. He then pulled a knife and threatened to kill her. [The victim] pulled to the side of the road and got out of the car. [The defendant] followed her out of the car and then kicked and stabbed the car.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Watkins