State v. Coody’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When our legislature rewrote Missouri’s felony-murder rule in 1984, it was “with the explicit expression of intention that punishment for the felony murder ‘shall be in addition to the punishment for commission of a related felony or attempted felony, other than murder or manslaughter.’ § 565.021.2 RSMo 1986.” [State v.] Owens, 849 S.W.2d [581,] 584 [ (Mo.App.W.D.1993) ]. Inasmuch as our felony-murder statute “expressly intends multiple punishments for both second degree felony murder and the underlying felony, such punishments when imposed in a single trial do not constitute double jeopardy.” Id.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mendoza · State v. Barker

2. “1. A person commits the crime of murder in the second degree if he: (1) Knowingly causes the death of another person or, with the purpose of causing serious physical injury to another person, causes the death of another person; or (2) Commits or attempts to commit any felony, and, in the perpetration or the attempted perpetration of such felony or in the flight from the perpetration or attempted perpetration of such felony, another person is killed as a result of the perpetration or attempted perpetration of such felony or immediate flight from the perpetration of such felony or attempted perpetration of such felony.”

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

3. “‘our review to matters raised in the points relied on....”

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