State v. Townsend’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person is responsible for his own conduct and he is also responsible for the conduct of another person in committing an offense if he acts with the other person with the common purpose of committing that offense or if, for the purpose of committing that offense, he aids or encourages the other person in committing it. If you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt: First, that on or about the 9th day of January, 2006, ... [Mr.] Hicks knowingly distributed cocaine base, a controlled substance, to [Officer] Vienhage, and Second, that [Appellant] or [Mr.] Hicks knew or was aware that the substance delivered was cocaine base, a controlled substance, then you are instructed that the offense of distribution of a controlled substance has occurred, and if you further ñnd and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt: Third, that with the purpose of promoting or furthering the commission of that distribution of a controlled substance, [Appellant] acted together with or aided [Mr.] Hicks in committing the offense, then you will find [Appellant] guilty of distribution of a controlled substance. However, unless you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt each and all of these propositions, you must find [Appellant] not guilty of that offense.”

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

2. “However none of these factors alone is enough to sustain a conviction.”

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