State v. Dukes’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In determining whether there should be separate trials for separate charges, we look to how the offenses were related in time and geographic proximity and at whether the actor was motivated by a single criminal objective. * * * Here, where the time between the two crimes was a matter of only a few minutes, the proximity was within one block, and each crime was motivated by the objective of obtaining money through robbery, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to sever the trials.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Profit

2. “[t]he distinguishing feature from Cer-mak * * * is that [the witness’s] account of events leading up to and after the crime was not offered to establish [the witness’s] guilt, as was the case in Cermak, but rather for the value of the first-hand narrative of what happened. Therefore, we conclude that the plea admission was not barred by the rules of criminal procedure, rules of evidence, or Cermak.”

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

3. “a Stupid blunderer: dumbbell.” Webster's, Supra, at 1253. . "Appellant’s claim of minimal involvement simply does not hold up against a record of plans being made at his home, the use of his car, his furnishing at least one of the weapons used, and his chauffeuring Lewis and Morrison as they pursued their shooting rampage. * * * [T]he evidence supporting the verdict is substantial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dukes v. State