Thigpen v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “to a degree which render[ed] him incapable of safely driving.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 467 So. 2d 273 - Sporl v. City of Hoover · 505 So. 2d 399 - State v. McGaughy

2. “"The applicable rule is that, where the same act or transaction constitutes a violation of two distinct statutory provisions, the test to be applied to determine whether there are two offenses or only one is whether each provision requires proof of an additional fact which the other does not."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 467 So. 2d 273 - Sporl v. City of Hoover

3. “under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, [the accused] recklessly engage[d] in conduct which create[d] a grave risk of death to another person, and thereby cause[d] serious physical injury to any person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 505 So. 2d 399 - State v. McGaughy