Bryant 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 was unnecessary to prove the specific intent by direct, positive, and independent evidence; but, as the court remarked, by quoting from one of its own earlier decisions, `The jury may draw the inference, as they draw all other inferences, from any facts in evidence which to their minds fairly prove its existence,' * * *.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Polston v. State · Berry v. State

2. “`When a statute makes an offense to consist of an act combined with a particular intent, that intent is just as necessary to be proved as the act itself, and must be found by the jury, as matter of fact, before a conviction can be had. * * *'”

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

3. ““Whoever perpetrates an assault, or assault and battery, upon any human being with intent to commit a felony, shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than fourteen years.””

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