Adkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “only the burden of placing the issue in question where the State's evidence has not done so.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Covey v. State · Griffin v. State

2. “A person who knowingly or intentionally points a firearm at another person commits a Class D felony. However, the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the firearm was not loaded.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harrison v. State · Griffin v. State

3. “suggests that if the evidence is totally lacking with regard to whether a weapon is loaded or unloaded, a jury eannot convict of a Class A misdemeanor because the 'unloaded' element of the offense has not been established.”

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