State v. Lujan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “For you to find the Defendant, KENNETH DERMAL GRIFFIN, aka: KENNETH SMITHERMAN, is a Habitual Offender as charged in the Information, the State must prove to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt each of the following: 1. That the Defendant, KENNETH DERMAL GRIFFIN, aka: KENNETH SMITHERMAN, is the same person convicted of Robbery, a felony offense occurring on or about March 26,1965, in Criminal Cause No. 2 May, 1965, in the Court of Common Pleas — Criminal, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, on July 16, 1965. 2. That the Defendant, KENNETH DERMAL GRIFFIN, aka: KENNETH SMITHERMAN, is the same person convicted of Criminal Sexual Penetration in the Second Degree, a felony offense occurring on or about May 22, 1977, in Count I of Criminal Cause No. 29805, in the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on November 9, 1978. 3. That the Defendant, KENNETH DERMAL GRIFFIN, aka: KENNETH SMITHERMAN, is the same person convicted of Aggravated Burglary, a felony offense occurring on or about May 22, 1977, in Count II of Criminal Cause No. 29805, in the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, on November 9, 1978. 4. The Defendant, KENNETH DERMAL GRIFFIN, aka: KENNETH SMITHERMAN, committed the crimes in Counts Two and Three of the Information after the date of his conviction in Count One.”

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