State v. Cragun’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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Cases may arise where the state would be unable to prove the intent of the defendant without proving the commission, or attempted commission, by him on other women of separate and distinct offenses. Should such a case arise, then, for the purpose of proving a criminal intent, the state should be permitted to introduce such evidence on its main case, although a plea of not guilty had been entered by the defendant; but, where the state, as was the case here, can prove the intent without relying upon separate and distinct offenses committed by the defendant, it should do so.”

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

2. ““ * * * It has been uniformly held that the test of the sufficiency of the corroborating evidence is that it need not be sufficient in itself to sustain a conviction, but it must in and of it-. self tend to implicate and connect the accused with the commission of the crime charged, and not be consistent with his’ innocence. We are of the.. opinion that the court in applying R.S. 1933, 105-32-14, supra, should be controlled by the same rule.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 3 Utah 2d 382 - State v. Clark

3. “Where the state is able to prove, as it did in the case at bar, the commission of the act and that its performance was not necessary to save the life of the woman, then the criminal intent of the defendant has been shown, and evidence of other abortions on other and entirely different women is not relevant nor competent. * * *”

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