403 So. 2d 132 - Lee v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “submission to a jury the question of voluntary intoxication as a defense in specific intent offenses.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cummings v. State · 445 So. 2d 227 - Smith v. State

2. “If a defendant, when sober, is capable of distinguishing between right and wrong, and the defendant voluntarily deprives himself of the ability to distinguish between right and wrong by reason of becoming intoxicated and commits an offense while in that condition, he is criminally responsible for such acts.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cummings v. State · 490 So. 2d 839 - Norris v. State

3. “If you believe from all the evidence in this case, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Davis, Jeffrey K. Davis, on or about July 11, 1991, in Greene County, Mississippi, did wilfully, unlawfully, feloniously and of his malice aforethought, deliberate design, then and there, kill and murder Hillman, a human being, without authority of law, when engaged in the commission of the crime of Robbery, then, if you so believe from all the evidence in this case beyond a reasonable doubt, Davis is guilty of Capital Murder, and it is your sworn duty to say so by your verdict. (emphasis added).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 793 So. 2d 630 - Baggett v. State · 684 So. 2d 643 - Davis v. State