State v. Lauer’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. “Certainly, many people might agree that spanking is an acceptable form of disciplining children. Yet, it would defy the conscience to find that beating a two-year-old child in such a manner as to leave the type and number of bruises described in the record does not constitute cruel and inhuman punishment. A finding that this beating does not constitute cruel and inhuman punishment would also defy the law. Direct evidence that Defendant struck M_with enough force to cause these bruises is sufficient to support the trial court’s finding that this beating constituted cruel and inhuman punishment.”

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

2. ““1. A person commits the crime of assault in the first degree if he attempts to kill or knowingly causes or attempts to cause serious physical injury to another person.” “2. Assault in the first degree is a class B felony unless in the course thereof the actor inflicts serious physical injury on the victim in which case it is a class A felony.””

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

3. ““1. A person commits the crime of abuse of a child if he: “(1) Knowingly inflicts cruel and inhuman punishment upon a child less than seventeen years old.... ””

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