Watkins 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 not an aggravating factor for a defendant, in good faith, to consistently maintain his innocence.... It is not unconscionable, even after conviction, for the individual to respectfully maintain innocence and to imply that the trier of fact was mistaken in the determination of guilt.... Without question, a defendant under cireumstances which clearly reflect guilt, such as his own admission of the crime, should not be heard to proclaim gross insensitivity to the harm caused to his vietim or to society. If his words or conduct are the equivalent of 'I don't care', he has displayed a lack of remorse.”

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

2. “[Wlje are not prepared to say that the harm sustained by J.W. in having his own sex organ touched by Watkins' hands or mouth was no different or any less egregious than the harm ensuing from the act charged as deviate sexual conduct, which involved the sex organ of Watkins and the anus of the victim, such as would render the crimes factually lesser included offenses within the meaning of IC. 85-41-1-16(8) or constitute the same injurious consequences for double jeopardy purposes.”

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