Thompson 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. “"Culpable negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable and prudent person would do, or the want of the usual and ordinary care and caution in the performance of an act usually and ordinarily exercised by a person under similar circumstances and conditions." "With this in mind, it is unnecessary to attempt to characterize this definition as ordinary negligence, gross negligence, or as any other degree of negligence." Thompson v. State , at page 108.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marsh v. State · Lester v. State

2. “"You are instructed that, in order to find the defendant guilty, you must find beyond a reasonable doubt that he or she drove a vehicle in reckless disregard of the safety of others. A higher degree of negligence must be shown to establish the commission of a crime than is required to establish civil liability, and reckless disregard is something approaching wilful or wanton misconduct. It is conduct which demonstrates reckless indifference to the consequences, to life, limb, health, reputation or property rights of another and is more than gross negligence. Reckless disregard of the safety of others is the equivalent of the intentional doing of an act with a wanton and reckless disregard of its possible result; it implies at least the intention of doing an act either with knowledge that serious injury is a probable result or the intention of doing an act with a wanton and reckless disregard of its probable result."”

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