Phillips v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““An arrest is the taking, seizing, or detaining of the person of another, (1) by touching or putting hands on him; (2) or by any act that indicates an intention to take him into custody and that subjects him to the actual control and will of the person making the arrest; or (3) by the consent of the person to be arrested. “To effect an arrest, there must be actual or constructive seizure or detention of the person arrested, or his voluntary submission to custody, and the restraint must be under real or pretended legal authority ...” 5 Am.Jur. 2d, Arrest § 1, p. 695.”

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

2. “A person cannot be said to be under arrest when merely an intention or attempt to take, seize, or detain him [or her] occurs, resulting in no seizure or control over the person. Accordingly, we determine that * * * the instruction given the jury by the trial court * * * [did not give] a correct definition of that term as it is used under the applicable Wyoming statutes and present Wyoming case law.”

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

3. “(a) A person commits a crime if he escapes from official detention. Escape is: ****** (ii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if the detention is the result of: [[Image here]] (B) An arrest or charge for a crime.”

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