State v. Goodloe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Premeditation means that the defendant considered, planned, prepared for, or determined to commit the act before the defendant committed it.... It is not necessary that premeditation exist for any specific length of time. A premeditated decision to kill may be reached in a short period of time. However, an unconsidered or rash impulse, even though it includes an intent to kill, is not premeditated.”

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

2. “[E]ven a 'short period of time' constitutes 'some appreciable time.' "). Our precedent recognizes generally three categories of evidence "as relevant to an inference of premeditation: planning activity, motive, and the nature of the killing.”

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

3. “Planning activity relates to facts about how and what the defendant did prior to the actual killing which show he was engaged in activity directed toward the killing.”

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