State v. Torres’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the defendant must be charged with a specific-intent crime; (2) there must be evidence sufficient to support a jury finding, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the defendant was intoxicated; and (3) the defendant must offer intoxication as an explanation for his actions.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jama · State v. Wilson

2. “[a]n act committed while in a state of voluntary intoxication is not less criminal by reason thereof, but when a particular intent or other state of mind is a necessary element to constitute a particular crime, the fact of intoxication may be taken into consideration in determining such intent or state of mind.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Fleck

3. “We review a trial court's refusal to issue a requested instruction for abuse of discretion, focusing on whether the refusal resulted in error.”

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