Clark v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 189 Mich. App. 110 - Espinoza v. Thomas · 533 So. 2d 1169 - State v. Sanborn · Williamson v. State · Williamson v. State · 413 So. 2d 112 - Jackson v. State
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'there need not be an actual touching of the victim's person in order for a battery to occur, but only a touching of something intimately connected with the victim's body,' " and it reasoned that "whether an object is sufficiently closely connected to a person such that touching or striking the object would be a battery on that person will depend upon the circumstances of each case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he touching or striking in the present case was to the outer body of an automobile which Trooper Thomas was driving, with no direct impact upon or even injury to the trooper. In fact, the evidence shows that the trooper was not even jostled about in the car as a result of the impact.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Clark v. State“The offense of battery occurs when a person: 1. Actually and intentionally touches or strikes another person against the will of the other; 2. Intentionally causes bodily harm to another person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Clark v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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