Battles v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[A] 11 persons concerned in the commission of a felony, whether they directly commit the act constituting the offense, or aid and abet in its commission, though not present, must be prosecuted, tried, and punished as principals and no additional facts need be alleged in any indictment or information against such an accessory than are required in an indictment or information against his principal. “Proof that defendant aided and abetted the principals in the commission of the crime can be proven by circumstantial evidence, and if sufficient, as in the instant cause, will support the verdict.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fox v. State · Henson v. State

2. ““Should you find from the evidence.. under the instructions, and beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant is guilty as charged of GRAND LARCENY after former conviction of a felony, you will so state in your verdict, and it will then be your duty to assess the punishment therefor within the provisions of the law as set out herein; but if you do not find beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant has heretofore been convicted of a felony, as charged in the information, set out herein, then you will find the defendant not guilty of GRAND LARCENY, after former conviction of a felony, and it will then be your duty to assess the punishment for the crime of GRAND LARCENY with the provisions of the law set out in.these instructions, and you will disregard that portion of the charge, alleging the commission of the crime ‘after former conviction of a felony.’ “However, if you are unable to agree upon punishment, after using your very best efforts to do so, so state in your verdict then you may leave the punishment to be assessed by the Court.””

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

3. ““If a peace officer arrest a person without a warrant, he is not bound to show in his justification a felony actually committed to render the arrest lawful, but if he suspects one on his own knowledge of facts, or upon facts communicated to him by others, and thereupon has reasonable ground to believe that the accused has been guilty of a felony, the arrest is not unlawful.””

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