Simmons v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “long adhered to a series of rules of statutory construction and common law that are often described as double jeopardy, but are not governed by the constitutional test set forth in Richardson [v. State, 717 N.E.2d 32 (Ind.1999)].”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. State · Vennard v. State

2. “conviction and punishment for a crime which is a lesser-included offense of another crime for which the defendant has been convicted and punished”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Adams v. State · Vennard v. State

3. “differs from the offense charged only in the respect that a less serious harm or risk of harm to the same person, property, or public interest, or a lesser kind of culpability, is required to establish its commission.”

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