State v. Kimball’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As to Count I, if you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt: First, that on or about March, 1985, in the County of Jackson, State of Missouri, the defendant fractured the legs of Darrius Pouncil, and Second, that in so doing, defendant inflicted cruel and inhuman punishment upon Darrius Pouncil, and Third, that Darrius Pouncil was then less than seventeen years old, and Fourth, that defendant knew her conduct was inflicting cruel and inhuman punishment upon a child less than seventeen years old, then you will find the defendant guilty under Count I of abuse of a child. However, unless you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt each and all of these propositions, you must find the defendant not guilty of that offense.”

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