Johnson v. United States’s Empirical Analysis

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6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “real basic” refers not to the "whoopin' ” itself but to Hickman’s description of it. Ante at 91 n. 6. I find my reading of the transcript more natural, given that the answer comes in direct response to the question, “what words did he use to describe the beating?” Regardless, and even assuming that either reading is plausible, my point remains the same: there was little evidence that D.N. took part in the brutal beating. homicide which is in furtherance of the underlying felony or is the natural and probable consequences of acts done in furtherance of the predicate felony.”). . The majority explains that accomplices also are liable for felony murder if the killing is the natural and probable consequence of acts done in the perpetration of the felony. Ante at 94. As the majority acknowledges, our cases do not fully explain the concept of natural and probable consequences in the context of felony murder liability. Surely, it cannot merely "encompass[] the requirement of a 'causal connection between the homicide and the underlying felony,’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re D.N.