State v. Sigmon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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. “[W]ithout any meaningful separation of space and time between [the defendant's] actions directed toward [the officer], we are unwilling to conclude that each threat [the defendant] made during the encounter constituted a separate and distinct act.”

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

2. “the multiple threats made by [the defendant] during his arrest and transport to the county jail were separate acts evidencing a continuity in purpose in harassing [the police officer so as to] satisfy the requirements of 'course of conduct.'”

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

3. “'Appellate review of sufficiency of the evidence is limited to whether the state has introduced sufficient evidence from which a reasonable juror could have found each element of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.'”

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