Kinnamon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 113 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 130 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person acts intentionally, or with intent, with respect to the nature of his conduct or to a result of his conduct when it is his conscious objective or desire to engage in the conduct or cause the result.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Patrick v. State · Crawford v. State

2. “On Monday evening, December 11,1984, [Kinnamon] was one of several patrons seated at the bar in N.J.’s Lounge in Houston. He had entered the bar several hours earlier, and, according to witnesses, sat alone, occasionally playing a video game mounted atop the bar. At one point he had a brief conversation with the bartender, Jeannie Marriott. After “last call” had been announced [Kinnamon] acted as if he was leaving with the other customers. Before exiting, he told Marriott that he had to use the restroom, turned and walked back across the lounge. When [Kinnamon] came out of the restroom a short time later, waitress Sharon Bryson, and a patron, Kenny Simmons, were seated at the bar and Marriott was cleaning up behind the counter. At that point, [Kinna-mon], possessing a firearm, ordered the employees and remaining patrons, including Ronald Longmire, the decedent, to put their hands on the bar and refrain from looking at him. He ordered Marriott to take the money out of the cash register and place it in a bag. Since no bag was available, she used Bryson’s purse. After [Kinnamon] took the money, he ordered everyone to proceed single file to the men’s restroom. Ronald Longmire, the decedent, was apparently at the end of the line, with [Kinnamon] following. As the people were proceeding to the rest room, [Kinnamon] asked them for their jewelry. As they were trying to remove their rings and watches, [Kinnamon] asked Longmire “what is that in your pocket?” to which the decedent respo”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kinnamon v. Scott

3. “Before you are warranted in convicting the defendant, Raymond Carl Kinnamon, of capital murder, you must find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt not only that on the occasion in question the defendant, Raymond Carl Kinnamon, was engaged in the commission or attempted commission of the felony offense of robbery, if any, of Ronald Charles Longmire, as defined in this charge, but also that during the commission of the robbery or attempted commission thereof, if any, the defendant, Raymond Carl Kinnamon, shot Ronald Charles Longmire with a gun with the intention of thereby causing his death. Unless you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Raymond Carl Kinnamon, on said occasion, (according to Tex.Crim.App., 791 S.W.2d at 88 ) specifically intended to cause the death of Ronald Charles Longmire when he shot him with a gun, if he did shoot him with a gun, you cannot convict him of the offense of capital murder. Now, if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 11th day of December, 1984, in Harris County, Texas, the defendant, Raymond Carl Kinnamon, did then and there unlawfully while in the course of committing or attempting to commit the robbery of Ronald Charles Longmire intentionally cause the death of Ronald Charles Longmire by shooting Ronald Charles Longmire with a gun, then you will find the defendant guilty of capital murder.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Kinnamon v. Scott