Ex Parte Smith’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The indictment in the instant case alleges that [the defendant] ‘knowingly and intentionally during the course of the same criminal episode causefd] serious bodily injury . . ’ (Emphasis added) The criminal episode referred to is the act of sexual intercourse with the complaining witness. We hold that the emphasized phrase constitutes a sufficient allegation that [the defendant] knowingly and intentionally engaged in sexual intercourse.””

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

2. ““did then and there unlawfully engage in sexual intercourse with R— S — , a female then and there under the age of 17 years and then and there under the age of 14 years and not then and there the wife of the said [defendant] and the said [defendant] did then and there knowingly and intentionally during the course of the same criminal episode, cause serious bodily injury to the said R_ S_ . . ” (Emphasis added)”

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