State v. Langlois’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As I previously indicated, the law of self defense allows the Defendant to threaten or intentionally use force against another only if the Defendant believed that there was an actual or [imminent] unlawful interference with the Defendant's person and the Defendant believed that the amount of force the Defendant used or threatened to use was necessary to prevent or terminate the interference and the Defendant's beliefs were reasonable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 382 Wis. 2d 414 - State v. Joseph T. Langlois

2. “Defendant's operation or handling of a dangerous weapon created a risk of death or great bodily harm and the risk of death or great bodily harm was unreasonable and substantial [of 16 No. 2016AP1409-CR which] the Defendant should have been aware”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 382 Wis. 2d 414 - State v. Joseph T. Langlois

3. “The burden of establishing every fact necessary to constitute guilt is upon the State. Before you can return a verdict of guilty, the evidence must satisfy you beyond a reasonable doubt that the Defendant is guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 382 Wis. 2d 414 - State v. Joseph T. Langlois