Planter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] hypothetically correct [jury] charge may not modify the indictment allegations in such a way as to allege `an offense different from the offense alleged in the indictment.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. MIHNOVICH v. State · Gollihar v. State

2. “Appellant was never charged with or indicted for the offense that the evidence appears to support: capital murder by soliciting Bacquer to hire appellant to kill Fratta. The evidence presented at trial does not comport with the conduct alleged in the indictment and set out in the jury charge, and the jury verdict cannot, therefore, be supported logically by either the actual jury charge or the hypothetically-eorrect jury charge that was formulated by the Court of Appeals.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Glockzin v. State