State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 1 district · 21 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[I]t is our opinion that an individual armed as defendant was with operable guns and an arsenal of ammunition can be characterized as having the present ability to inflict injury with a dangerous weapon. [The second police officer] observed defendant fire several shots, some of which hit their presumed targets. [He] reasonably believed that defendant possessed a weapon which could inflict injury on him as well. But for the restraint of an armed officer, defendant could well have reloaded his weapon from the supply he carried. Under these circumstances, the trial justice was clearly correct in denying defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal.” Id. at 9 .”

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

2. “present ability.” . Because IADA does not contain its own provision concerning the computation of time for the various deadlines it prescribes, Rule 45(a) of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure instructs that the 120-day deadline would have expired as of April 11, 1998. . Given IADA’s clear directive, we deem the trial justice’s initial assignment of the case to a May 18 date certain for trial to be a nullity. Without a showing of”

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

3. ““any unlawful offer to do corporal injury to another under such circumstances as may create a reasonable apprehension of immediate injury unless the person so threatened takes action or inaction to avoid it, coupled with a present ability to carry the offer into effect.””

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