McGrew v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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. “[T]he crime of robbery is committed, not only when a defendant uses force upon the person who possesses the property, but whenever a defendant uses force upon any person with the intent to prevent or overcome anyone’s resistance to the taking, or to compel any person to engage in conduct that might facilitate the taking. Thus, if [a defendant] used force or threatened to use force against [one person] with the intent of preventing or overcoming resistance to the taking of property from [another person], [the defendant] committed robbery.”

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

2. “in the course of taking or attempting to take property.”

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

3. “immediate presence and control of another”

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