Walker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “[R]ape is a general intent crime. All that is required for a conviction for a general intent crime is proof of the voluntary commission of the prohibited act. Thus, the state was required to prove only that Walker volitionally had intercourse, forcibly and against M.M.’s will.... [Sjpecific intent is not an element of the offense of rape[.]”

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

2. “[A] jury instruction providing that 'the law presumes that a person intends the ordinary consequences of his voluntary acts' violates a defendant's right to due process, because it constitutes either a burden-shifting presumption or a conclusive presumption on the element of intent.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Disciplinary Matter of Friedman

3. “The question,... is whether the finding of guilt is supported by substantial evidence, that is, such relevant evidence which is adequate to support a conclusion by a reasonable mind that there was no reasonable doubt as to appellant's guilt,”

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