Krasovich v. State’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. “[U]se of dangerous instruments is characteristic of [negligent homicide] and the automobile is ... characteristically used in committing the offense[;] it would be unrealistic to conclude that the use of an automobile is, in and of itself, a sufficient basis for increasing the presumptive term. Our inquiry must therefore shift to the particular circumstances of the case before us; we must determine whether there was anything uncharacteristically serious about the manner or circumstances in which [the defendant] used his automobile.”

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

2. “"[D]eadly weapon” means any firearm, or anything designed for and capable of causing death or serious physical injury, including a knife, an axe, a club, metal knuckles, or an explosive....”

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

3. ““dangerous instrument” means any deadly weapon or anything that, under the circumstances in which it is used ... is capable of causing death or serious physical injury[.]”

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