Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “anger, rage, resentment, or terror sufficient to obscure the reason of an ordinary person, preventing deliberation and premeditation, excluding malice, and rendering a person incapable of cool reflection.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. SUPRENANT v. State · Collins v. State

2. “[T]he inquiry hinges on whether a serious evidentiary dispute exists as to which offense was committed by the defendant, given all the evidence presented by both parties.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ellis v. State · Webb v. State

3. “You are instructed that in doing your duty as a juror you may call upon all of your experiences in life in determining the evidence. There is nothing mysterious or fanciful about the criminal justice system in this country and it is presumed that you, the jury, will not check your common sense at the courtroom door but will use such common sense in determining the guilt or innocence of the defendant herein. You are further instructed that in determining the criminal responsibility of the defendant, if any, that you are the moral conscience of our society and must take into account all of the facts and circumstances in this case in order to determine the defendant’s guilt or innocence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Simmons v. State