State v. Ross’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]ny person who shall willfully strike, beat or wound any police officer, sheriff, highway patrol officer or other peace officer while such officer is actively engaged in the •performance of duties imposed on him by law ... shall be punished by imprisonment by the department of corrections for a term of not more than five years, or by confinement in the county jail for not less than six months nor more than one year, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.”

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

2. ““In ruling this contention we will assume, but do not decide, that common assault is a lesser included offense of the crime charged. . . . The evidence clearly indicates that Officer New was engaged in the performance of his duties as a police officer at the time he was struck. . We accordingly rule that the evidence did not warrant an instruction on common assault and hence the court did not err in failing to give one.””

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