Lane v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

81 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 84 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “whether [the defendant] has sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding — and whether he has a rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Scott v. State · 465 So. 2d 1330 - Jones v. State

2. “(1) A person is subject to prosecution in this state for an offense that she or he commits, while either within or outside the state, by her or his own conduct or that of another for which the person is legally accountable, if: (a) The offense is committed wholly or partly within the state; (b) The conduct outside the state constitutes an attempt to commit an offense within the state....”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 112 Wash. 2d 464 - State v. Lane · 77 So. 3d 914 - Sanders v. State

3. “"One of the essential elements of this offense is the pre-meditated design of the [defendant] to effect the death of the victim or, in the alternative, the perpetration of or an attempt to perpetrate a robbery upon the victim. It is our view that if either of these alternative essential elements of the offense occurred within the State of Florida, then Florida has jurisdiction to try the [defendant]." 388 So.2d 1022, 1028 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 112 Wash. 2d 464 - State v. Lane · 91 Ill. 2d 480 - People v. Holt