State v. Carpio’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 7 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. “(1) A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect he or she lacks adequate capacity either to appreciate the criminality of his or her conduct or to conform his or her conduct to the requirements of law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 269 F. Supp. 3d 4 - Carpio v. Wall · 140 S. Ct. 1021 - Kahler v. Kansas

2. “[T]he trial justice’s inclusion of language such as “community sense of justice” and “blameworthiness” in the jury instructions did not graft an’ additional element onto defendant’s burden of proof the language merely elucidated the role of the jury in passing on the merits of the defense. Simply put, “community standards of blameworthiness” constitute the backdrop against which the defendant’s degree of impairment is measured—it reflects the essential role of the fact finder in an insanity defense case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 269 F. Supp. 3d 4 - Carpio v. Wall

3. “A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct, as a result of mental disease or defect, his capacity either to appreciate the wrongfulness or his conduct or to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law were so substantially impaired that he cannot justly be held responsible.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 140 S. Ct. 1021 - Kahler v. Kansas