Evans v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 19 state decisions

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

1. “Evans has demonstrated that he is a serious threat to society. In cases such as these, especially given a history of similar incidents, isolation of the offender and community condemnation must, as the superior court noted, be significant concerns in sentencing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bolhouse v. State · Faulkenberry v. State

2. “In our view, the rule which should govern in Alaska is that voluntary intoxication will not support an insanity defense, and that all intoxication is to be regarded as voluntary unless it is unknowingly or externally compelled. This rule has been accepted in many jurisdictions. It is consistent with the traditional common law view of individual responsibility, as well as with the statute which governs this case, former AS 11.70.030, and with the statute now in effect, AS 11.81.630. [Footnotes omitted.]”

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

3. “The case law is ... clear that involuntary intoxication ... constitute[s] a valid defense. This is most clearly shown when the intoxication is the result of the force, duress, fraud, or contrivances of another.”

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