Nolan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “we endeavor to determine [and] effect the intent of the legislature. We examine and interpret a statute as a whole, giving words their common and ordinary meaning and not overemphasizing] strict, literal or selective readings of individual words. The legislative intent as ascertained from the whole prevails over the strict, literal meaning of any word or term used therein.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Old Republic Insurance Co. v. RLI Insurance Co.

2. “Honesty is a subjective test dealing with what appellant actually believed. Reasonableness is an objective test inquiring what a reasonable man situated in similar cireum-stances would do. To require the giving of appellant's instruction we must find some evidence of both.”

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

3. “negated the culpability required for commission of the offense”

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