State v. Ramirez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““At [Ramirez’s] trial, the state proceeded upon a theory of transferred intent to murder. The state maintained that while the defendant intended to murder Washington, that intent was transferred to Mayri-Mar when he randomly shot her instead. In his jury instructions, the trial justice informed the jury that the theory of transferred intent also applied to the two charges of assault with a deadly weapon * * *. The jury found the defendant guilty of assaulting Mayri-Mar with intent to murder; assaulting Christopher with a dangerous weapon; unlawfully discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle in a manner creating substantial risk of death or serious physical harm to another; and, unlawfully carrying an unlicensed firearm.” Id. at 372 .”

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