State v. Barlett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]s attempting to commit, committing or escaping from the commission of a forcible felony.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Holley · State v. Holley

2. “A defendant acts recklessly when the defendant consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that certain circumstances exist or a result of the defendant's actions will follow. This act by the defendant disregarding the risk must be a gross deviation from the standard of care a reasonable person would use in the same situation.”

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

3. “'[f]orcible felony' includes any treason, murder, voluntary manslaughter, rape, robbery, burglary, arson, kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated sodomy and any other felony which involves the use or threat of 8 physical force or violence against any person.”

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