State v. Golembewski’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Mr. Pensa, the victim, identified the defendant and said that he thought he was being scratched but he didn’t believe he had more than about two or three drinks. Judging from the pictures of the wound which helped me to believe he had more than two or three drinks but he said he grabbed the hand of the assailant when he jumped on his back and saw him face-to-face. Mr. Harrington [a witness for the state], who was some distance away, said that he saw a person doing stabbing motions standing up. Mr. Pensa said he was on all fours when he assaulted him.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Golembewski

2. ““My only objection is to the last comment the Court made about a knife is a dangerous weapon. There really hasn’t been any testimony in this case that a knife was the implement and it is sort of speculation. Well, I mean Judge there’s been no knife. I mean we hear stabbing but there is no evidence it was a knife. It could have been a piece of metal, I mean. That’s my objection.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Golembewski

3. ““The elements the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt are that there was an assault. The state must prove there’s a dangerous weapon. I’ll tell you now a knife is a dangerous weapon. The dangerous weapon caused serious bodily injury and then it shows a substantial risk of death or serious permanent disfigurement.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Golembewski