State v. Reynolds’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he armed criminal action statute ... § 571.015, in clearest terms, imposes its penalty upon those “who use dangerous instruments or deadly weapons in the commission of felonies.” The explicit language could hardly be simpler or more expressive of the legislative intent: “[A]ny person who commits any felony ... by, with, or through the use, assistance, or aid of a dangerous instrument or deadly weapon is also guilty of the crime of armed criminal action.” It means that the use of a dangerous instrument or deadly weapon is an element of the crime ... That ... is the uniform understanding the appellate decisions impart to the statute.”

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

2. “[t]o deny review of [one] conviction ... because [a defendant] did not challenge [an additional conviction] on appeal, as the [concurrent sentence] doctrine allows, would be to subject [the defendant] to disabilities and legal consequences unique to that offense.”

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

3. “... any person who commits any felony under the laws of this state by, with, or through the use, assistance, or aid of a dangerous instrument or deadly weapon is also guilty of the crime of armed criminal action ...”

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