State v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An overt criminal act is one going beyond mere preparation and done after and in furtherance of a prior plan to commit a crime. We agree with the trial court’s conclusion that overt acts were shown by “defendant’s act of going up to the door of the motel office, masked, with shotgun in hand, and a getaway car waiting.””

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

2. “An overt criminal act is one going beyond mere preparation and done after and in furtherance of a prior plan to commit a crime____ We agree with the trial court’s conclusion that overt acts were shown.”

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