State v. Teal’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To convict the defendant of the crime of Robbery in the First Degree, each of the following elements of the crime must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt: . . . [t]hat the taking was against Larone Wright’s will by the defendant’s use or threatened use of immediate force, violence or fear of injury to that person; . . . [t]hat the force or fear was used by the defendant to obtain or retain possession of the property or to prevent or overcome resistance to the taking; . . . [and that] in the commission of these acts or in immediate flight therefrom the defendant displayed what appeared to be a firearm....”

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

2. “the force or fear was used by the defendant to obtain or retain possession of the property or to prevent or overcome resistance to the taking,”

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

3. “The rule is well established that instructions must be read together and viewed as a whole.”

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