Fields v. State’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. ““(b) The prosecuting attorney must negate the existence of an exception in the accusation charging commission of the offense and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant or defendant’s conduct does not fall within the exception.””

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

2. “(a) A person commits an offense if he knowingly: (1) * * * (2) solicits another in a public place to engage with him in sexual conduct for hire.”

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