State v. Flenoid’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 5 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Compliance with the seemingly clear instructions just noted [MAI-CR 15.18] would contribute more to the orderly administration of justice than have the efforts of this and other appellate courts to approve or disapprove of the absence thereof in specific cases.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Love v. State · State v. Gordon

2. ““ * * * if murder in the first degree is the highest homicide submitted, the court must give the following instructions: “MAI-CR 15.18 on conventional manslaughter.” (Emphasis added.)”

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