Moore v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he event which triggers the emotional disturbance must be something external from the accused and cannot have been brought about by the accused’s own mental disturbance. Under this formulation, if the accused has intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or negligently brought about his own mental disturbance extreme emotional distress is simply not applicable.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ross v. State · State v. Magner

2. “We say that there must be a “reasonable explanation or excuse” for the extreme disturbance of the actor; and that reasonableness of any explanation or excuse “shall be determined from the viewpoint of a person in the actor’s situation under the circumstances as he believes them to be.” There will be room, of course, for interpretation of the breadth of meaning carried by the word “situation”, precisely the room needed in our view. There will be room for argument as to the reasonableness of the explanations or excuses offered; we think that argument is needed in these terms. The question in the end will be whether the actor’s loss of self-control can be understood in terms that arouse sympathy enough to call for mitigation in the sentence.”

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

3. “A person is guilty of murder in the first degree when he intentionally causes the death of another person. Section 635(a), however, defines Murder in the Second Degree as follows: A person is guilty of murder in the second degree when he recklessly causes the death of another person_ 11 Del.C. § 635(1).”

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