State v. Tatum’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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The culpable mental state necessary for a homicide offense may be found to exist if the only difference between what actually occurred and what was the object of the offender's state of mind is that a different person or persons was [sic] killed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Henry Tatum v. Dave Dormire

2. “[T]he question of whether there was evidence upon which to base an instruction containing a paragraph on sudden passion arising from adequate cause was a question of law for the court and not a question of fact for the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Henry Tatum v. Dave Dormire

3. “Tatum opened the door and immediately began firing into the dark room without waiting to see if anyone was there and if so who it was.... There was no unexpected encounter or provocation which excited Tatum.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Henry Tatum v. Dave Dormire