Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “; for Felony Murder, the State need not prove that the defendant acted with any particular mental state-the killing could be totally accidental-so long as the State does prove that the killing occurred while the defendant was committing (or attempting to commit) a specified felony. ock cf ... charging information in this case alleged that Thomas was guilty of Felony Murder because he had”

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

2. “(1) knowingly or intentionally kills another human being; (2) kills another human being while committing or attempting to commit arson, burglary, child molesting, consumer product tampering, criminal deviate conduct, kidnapping, rape, robbery, or carjacking; [[Image here]] commits murder, a felony.”

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

3. “[I]t is bedrock law that a defendant in a criminal case is entitled to have the jury instructed on all the elements of the charged offense.”

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