King v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. From “old 203” the legislature retained the requirement that the defendant be a person who had never before been convicted of a felony and used that feature in the first line of the first sentence of “new 301” to describe to whom “new 301” applied. Thus, the first line of “new 301” reads in relevant part, “[i]f a person who has not previously been convicted of any felony * . Next, from “old 203” the legislature retained the requirement that a first offender be found guilty or have pleaded guilty, but then added to that the feature from “old 301” relating to a defendant who had been only charged with a crime. Thus, the next part of “new 301’s” opening line now read, “[i]f a person who has not previously been convicted of any felony is charged with or is found guilty of or pleads guilty to.” (Emphasis added.) 3. Next, the legislature retained the felony category of crimes, with slight modification, for which the defendant may receive probation. Thus, that portion of “old 203” that read “any felony except murder, sexual assault in the first or second degree or arson of a dwelling house or other human habitation in the actual occupancy of a human being” emerged in “new 301” as “any felony except murder, sexual assault in the first or second degree or arson in the first or second degree.” As can be seen, the slight modification related to the arson offense. At this point, the legislature took from “old 301” the feature relating to misdemeanors, with an exception not important t”

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

2. ““Parole before sentence; generally; terms and conditions; discharge; revocation of parole and imposition of sentence. “If any person is found guilty of or pleads guilty to any felony except murder, sexual assault in the first or second degree or arson of a dwelling house or other human habitation in the actual occupancy of a human being, the court shall ascertain whether the offense of which the accused is guilty is his first offense, the extent of moral turpitude involved in the act committed, and other facts and circumstances relating to the accused as he may desire to know. If the court is satisfied that he was a person of good reputation before the commission of the offense charged and had never before been convicted of any felony, and that if permitted to go at large would not again violate the law, the court may in its discretion, by an order entered of record, delay passing sentence and then parole the person and permit him to go at large upon his own recognizance, conditioned that he will personally appear and report to the court twice in each year at times and places fixed in the order and that he will demean himself while at large in a law-abiding manner and live a worthy, re spectable life, and that he will not leave the state without the consent of the court. The court, if satisfied at the time of appearance, that the person had demeaned himself in a law-abiding manner and lived a worthy, respectable life, may by an order of record, continue parole for the period ”

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

3. ““Under conviction or plea of guilty for any offense, except crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment, the court may suspend the imposition of sentence, or may suspend the execution of all or a part of a sentence and may also place the defendant on probation or may impose a fine applicable to the offense and also place the defendant on probation. With the consent of a defendant charged with a crime, except a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment, the court may suspend trial and place such defendant on probation.” (Emphasis added.)”

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