State v. Bailey’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The (Grand Jurors) (Circuit Attorney) (Prosecuting Attorney) of the (City) (County) of_, State of Missouri, charge(s) that the defendant, in violation of Section 569.080.1(2), RSMo., committed the Class C felony of tampering in the first degree, punishable upon conviction under Sections 558.011.1(3) and 560.011, RSMo, in that (on) (or about) [date ], in the (City) (County) of _, State of Missouri, the defendant knowingly and without the consent of the owner (received) (possessed) (sold) (altered) (defaced) (destroyed) (unlawfully operated) a(n) (automobile) (airplane) (motorcycle) (motorboat) (motor-propelled vehicle) [briefly describe or identify vehicle ].”

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

2. “... that the defendant, in violation of Section 568.060, RSMo, committed the class C Felony of abuse of a child, punishable upon conviction under Sections 558.011.1(3) and 560.011, RSMo, in that on or about April 18, 1990, in the County of Cedar, State of Missouri, the defendant knowingly inflicted cruel and inhuman punishment upon Denise M. Edmi-ston, a child less than seventeen years old, by striking said child with a wooden board.”

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