Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the third degree if in the course of committing a theft he: "(1) Uses force against the person of the owner or any person present with intent to overcome his physical resistance or physical power of resistance; or "(2) Threatens the imminent use of force against the person of the owner or any person present with intent to compel acquiescence to the taking of or escaping with the property.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 925 So. 2d 221 - Bradley v. State · 75 So. 3d 687 - Terrence Beemon v. State of Alabama.

2. “[o]n remand, while the State cannot retry Wright on a robbery-in-the-first-degree charge, it can reindict him on a charge of robbery-in-the-second-degree charge,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 931 So. 2d 783 - Peake v. State · 925 So. 2d 232 - Ex Parte State

3. “defendant cannot consent to an amendment that effectively charges an offense not contemplated by the indictment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 925 So. 2d 221 - Bradley v. State · 929 So. 2d 486 - Moss v. State