State v. McLaurin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Since intent is a state of mind, there is no direct proof of it. Thus the rule is that intent may be inferred from the circumstances ... and becomes a a question of fact for the jury.””

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