State v. Zeno’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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. ““No precise words are necessary to convey a threat. It may be bluntly spoken, or done by innuendo or suggestion. In re Burke, 9 O.C.D. 350 , 17 Cr.Ct.R., N.S., 315 (1899). A threat often takes its meaning from the circumstances in which it is spoken and words that are innocuous in themselves may take on a sinister meaning in the context in which they are recited.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Svedberg v. Stamness · State v. Norton

2. “A person is guilty of a class C felony if, with intent to place another human being in fear for that human being's or another's safety or ... in reckless disregard of the risk of causing such terror, disruption, or inconvenience, the person ... [t]hreatens to commit any crime of violence or act dangerous to human life[.]”

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

3. “Threats may be made by innuendo and the circumstances may be taken into account in deciding whether the words used constitute a threat ....”

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