Young v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Premeditation need not have existed for any given length of time before the act, it being sufficient that it existed at the time of the act; and the intent and the act may be as instantaneous as - successive - thoughts.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hightower v. State of Wyoming · Duke v. State

2. “A claim of cumulative error cannot be recognized where there is no underlying error to support it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jason Bradley McGill v. State · Haskell v. State

3. “A person convicted of murder in the first degree in a case in which the state seeks the death penalty shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 6-2-102. In all other cases, including any ease in which the state has determined not to seek the death penalty at any stage of the proceeding, the judge shall determine the sentence of life imprisonment without parole or life imprisonment taking into consideration any negotiated plea agreement and any evidence relevant to a determination of sentence which the court deems to have probative value.”

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