State v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Except as provided in subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5, ... if a person’s conduct constitutes more than one offense under the laws of this state, the person may be punished for only one of the offenses and a conviction or acquittal of any one of them is a bar to prosecution for any other of them. All the offenses, if prosecuted, shall be included in one prosecution which shall be stated in separate counts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Branch · State v. Watson

2. “(a) [w]hoever, while in or having just exited from a motor vehicle, recklessly discharges a firearm at or toward another motor vehicle or a building is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than three years or to payment of a fine of not more than $ 6,000, or both. (b) Any person who violates this subdivision by firing at or toward a person, or an occupied building or motor vehicle , may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $ 20,000, or both.”

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

3. “a single count of drive-by shooting at an occupied building does not constitute a crime against each building occupant,”

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