Layne v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 1978
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 2 Smith & H. 633 - Keller v. State · Spurlock v. State · Owen v. State · Rogers v. State · Gentry v. State
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“From a close reading of the two lines of cases cited above it would appear that there has evolved over the past fifty years a blurring of the distinction between manslaughter and murder when the death results from the unlawful operation of a vehicle. Inasmuch as the highest Court of this State has consistently affirmed convictions for either offense found by the jury, we must affirm the conviction in this case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Griffin v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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