883 So. 2d 558 - Sanderson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he crime of conspiracy is complete when two or more people enter into a `common plan and knowingly intend to further its common purpose.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Elliott v. State · Berry v. State

2. “That John Allen Berry and Lemuel W. Webb, III, late of the county and State aforesaid, on or about the 22nd day of February, in the year of our Lord 2005, in the County and State aforesaid, and within the jurisdiction of this Court, did wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously, corruptly agree, conspire and confederate, each with the other and divers others to the Grand Jury unknown, to commit a crime, to-wit: Possession of Precursors, in direct violation of Section 97-1-1(a), Mississippi Code 1972 annotated, as amended, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.”

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

3. “[c]ount one clearly identified the victim of the aggravated assault, and the next count leads a reasonable person to believe that the conspiracy was based on the aggravated assault.”

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