Thacker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 19 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[There is considerable time expended in planning, stealth and anticipation of the appearance of the victim while poised and ready to commit an act of killing. Then when the preparatory steps of the plan have been taken and the victim arrives and is presented with a diminished capacity to employ defenses, the final choice in the reality of the moment is made to act and kill.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Taylor v. State · Fleenor v. State

2. “Aiding, inducing or causing an offense. A person who knowingly or intentionally aids, induces, or causes another person to commit an offense commits that offense, even if the other person: (1) has not been prosecuted for the offense; ■ (2) has not been convicted of the offense; or (3) has been acquitted of the of-Tense.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pigg v. Hanks · Whitener v. State

3. “watching, waiting, and concealment from the person killed with the intent to kill or inflict bodily injury upon that person.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Kingery v. State