Gray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * killing must not only be upon a sudden impulse of passion, but this must be produced by adequate provocation. This is fully explained in a subsequent portion of the charge. The charge is, therefore, not erroneous in this respect, although the expression ‘sudden impulse of passion,’ used in defining murder in the second degree, unless properly guarded, might sometimes be misunderstood.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 3 Tenn. Crim. App. 481 - Bunch v. State