State v. Brady’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 22 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although the crime of attempt generally requires proof of a specific intent to commit the crime plus an overt act in furtherance of that intent, ... “[i]f the state is not required to show specific intent to successfully prosecute the completed crime, it will not be required to show specific intent to successfully prosecute an attempt to commit that crime.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Hernandez-Montes · Bell v. State

2. “[Transferred intent is inapplicable where no death results and the defendant is charged with attempted murder of the intended victim, because the defendant committed a completed crime at the time he shot at the intended victim regardless of whether any injury resulted to the unintended victim.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Bell v. State · 93 So. 3d 445 - Frederick v. State

3. “no need to resort to the doctrine of transferred intent”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Williams · Bell v. State