State v. Jefferson’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. “1. Defendant must be acting in concert with another. 2. Defendant must knowingly be participating in a public offense. 3. A “different crime” must be committed by another participant in furtherance of the defendant’s offense. 4. The commission of the different crime must be reasonably foreseen.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Orlando David Rodriguez · State v. Smith

2. “Although Carroll’s statements did not specifically name Jefferson as the culpable party to the crime, the statements nonetheless directly implicated him, and him alone. He was the only other defendant in the courtroom. No doubt could be left in a reasonable juror’s mind that Jefferson was “the other guy,” and principal player, identified in Carroll’s statements. Moreover, no cautionary instruction by the court could convince the jury to disregard the testimony as it pertained to Jefferson, “the other guy.””

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