Isom v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[it is well settled in Indiana that sudden heat is not an element of voluntary manslaughter.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eichelberger v. State · Boesch v. State

2. “Counts I and II-The crime of attempted murder is defined by the statute of the State as follows: A person attempts to commit a crime when, acting with the culpability required for commission of the crime, he engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step toward commission of the crime. A person who knowingly or intentionally kills another human being commits Murder, a felony. An attempt to commit murder is a Class A Felony. To convict the defendant, the State must have proved each of the following elements. The defendant: 1. Knowingly or intentionally 2. Engaged in conduct to kill another human being and 8. That the conduct was a substantial step toward the commission of the crime of murder. If the State fails to prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant not guilty. If the State did prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find the defendant guilty of Count[s] I and II, Attempted Murder, Class A felonies.”

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

3. “[the existence of sudden heat is a mitigating factor that reduces what otherwise would be murder to voluntary manslaughter.”

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