State v. Hicks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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. “We are of the opinion, however, we need not make our decision on the basis of whether T.C.A. § 39-11-403 is a lesser included offense in this case. The evidence in this case shows there was a concert of action among the appellants to inflict injury and death upon the victim.... Each of the appellants was responsible for his own conduct and was culpably responsible for the conduct of others....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Houston v. Commonwealth

2. “Where the jury is instructed that an offense is a lesser included offense of that charged in the indictment, whether it be or not, a conviction on such lesser offense may stand where the evidence shows the greater offense was committed.”

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

3. “because it has the same elements except that the state of mind required for its commission [knowledge] is less culpable than the state of mind [intent] required for commission of the other [complicity] offenses.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Houston v. Commonwealth