Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"A person is guilty of conspiracy in the second degree when, intending to promote or facilitate the commission of a felony, he: (1) Agrees with another person or persons that they or 1 or more of them will engage in conduct constituting the felony or an attempt or solicitation to commit the felony; or (2) Agrees to aid another person or persons in the planning or commission of the felony or an attempt or solicitation to commit the felony; and he or another person with whom he conspired commits an overt act in pursuance of the conspiracy.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Alston v. State · Holland v. State

2. “[n]o person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of the offense is proved beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Priest v. State · Holland v. State

3. “failing to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant committed burglary in the third degree as alleged in the first count of the indictment, the State also failed to prove that he committed the overt act necessary to the conspiracy charge as alleged in the third count of the indictment.”

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