State v. Edwards’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. “[v]oluntary manslaughter is defined as causing the death of another person under circumstances that would constitute murder in the second degree, except that the death was caused under the influence of sudden passion arising from adequate cause.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ayansu · Kulhanek v. State

2. “[d]istinctively, voluntary manslaughter includes an additional element not present in first-degree or second-degree murder-that is, the presence of sudden passion arising from adequate cause.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ayansu · Kulhanek v. State

3. “passion directly caused by and arising out of provocation by the victim or another acting with the victim which passion arises at the time of the offense and is not solely the result of former provocation.”

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