Dayhuff v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is a defense that the person who engaged in the prohibited conduct was compelled to do so by threat of imminent serious bodily injury to himself or another person. Compulsion exists only if the force, threat, or circumstance are such as would render a person of reasonable firmness incapable of resisting the pressure.”

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

2. ““A person other than a law enforcement officer is justified in using reasonable force against another person to effect an arrest or prevent another person’s escape if a felony has been committed and there is probable cause to believe the other person committed that felony.” Record at 62.”

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

3. “As a general rule, a defendant in a criminal case is entitled to have the jury instructed on any theory of defense which has some foundation in the evidence.”

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