Tillett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 1 district · 15 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(b) A person who intentionally and knowingly causes or attempts to cause bodily injury to a peace officer engaged in the lawful performance of his official duties is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Saldana v. State · Brown v. State

2. ““The use of actual, direct or threatened force is not indispensable to the commission of the crime of interfering with a police officer. [Citations.] Mere remon strances or criticisms of an officer are, however, not ordinarily sufficient to sustain a charge of interference. * * * “It has also been said that, while mere remonstrances are not enough, verbal abuse alone may become sufficient to constitute the crime where its intensity, or the totality of several acts is such as to amount to an interference with an officer in the performance of his duty. [Citations.]””

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

3. “[I]t becomes obvious that the [fact finder] had more than enough evidence from which to conclude that appellant knowingly and willfully interfered with a police officer. * * * It is hard for us to conceive of a case which would involve a stronger showing of knowing intent than the case at bar.”

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