Gann v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The court’s refusal to so instruct after being requested in writing to do so, deprived the defendant of a precious and fundamental right and further violated the principle that the court must submit the case to the jury for consideration on every degree of assault which the evidence in any reasonable view suggests.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Savage v. State

2. ““This instruction on simple assault and battery should have been given for other reason. The trial court has a duty to instruct on a lesser included offense, not on any lesser offense, but on all lesser included offenses.” (Emphasis supplied by Court.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Savage v. State

3. “"`A party is entitled to have the jury instructed on the law governing the issues according to his theory, providing such theory is tenable as a matter of law, or finds possible support in evidence. '" [Emphasis added].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. State