Ramage 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. “Where a defendant is charged with violating two or more separate statutory provisions, this test “requires an inquiry into whether each offense charged requires proof of an element not contained in the other.” Blockburger, 284 U.S. at 299 , 52 S.Ct. 180 . Where the same elements are required by each, they are considered the same offense, and double jeopardy bars additional punishment. Id. However, where different elements are required by each offense, double jeopardy does not prevent prosecution and punishment for both offenses. Id.; see also Houston [v. State], 887 So.2d [808,] [] 814(¶ 24) [(Miss.Ct.App.2004) ] (“[A] criminal defendant may be prosecuted for more than one statutory offense arising out of a basic set of facts where each offense charged requires proof of a different element”).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 27 So. 3d 433 - Nichols v. State

2. “an unlawful killing by the culpable negligence of another.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 263 So. 3d 668 - Christopher Wise v. State of Mississippi

3. “against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 929 So. 2d 394 - Burch v. State