State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “extreme indifference to the value of human life”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. William T. Johnson v. Lloyd F. Hames, Commissioner · Carlson v. State

2. “[Aln act "performed under cireum-stances manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life" is an act which creates a very high degree of risk and which exhibits an extreme disregard of social duty. It must be more than a erimi-nally negligent act and more than a reckless act.... [AJn example of conduct covered by this provision would be shooting through a tent under cireamstances [where] the defendant did not know a person was inside[,] or persuading a person to play "[Rlussian roulette".”

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

3. “The defendant is only required to intend to perform the act; there is no requirement that he intend to cause death or that he know that his conduct is substantially certain to cause death.”

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