State v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “and relying in part on family-household member provision). Taking the evidence in the light most favorable to the conviction, we conclude that the evidence was sufficient for the jury to find that C.P. and Robinson were in a”

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

2. “prior threats by the defendant to injure the victim, plans or desires of the defendant that would have been facilitated by the victim's death, and prior conduct by the victim known to have angered the defendant.”

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

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. Petersen