Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As used in this chapter, “criminal gang” means a group with at least five (5) members that specifically: (1) either (A) promotes, sponsors, or assists in; or (B) participates in; and (2) requires as a condition of membership or continued membership; the commission of a felony or an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult or the offense of battery....”

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

2. “clearly define its prohibitions so that individuals of ordinary intelligence would comprehend the statute to fairly inform them of the generally proscribed behavior and so that the statute does not encourage arbitrary or discriminatory enforcement.”

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