State v. Crowsbreast’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

42 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 42 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The grouping of past acts of domestic abuse as a preliminary factual element of domestic abuse homicide ... is in no way an irrational or unfair definition of domestic abuse homicide, nor are those acts so inherently separate as to present a due process issue as to jury unanimity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Lagred · State v. Hayes

2. “may correct the error only if it seriously affect[s] the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Sh aka · State v. Washington

3. “(A) A person is guilty of homicide by child abuse if the person: (1) causes the death of a child under the age of eleven while committing child abuse or neglect, and the death occurs under circumstances manifesting an extreme indifference to human life; or (2) knowingly aids and abets another person to commit child abuse or neglect, and the child abuse or neglect results in the death of a child under eleven.”

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