State v. Yoksh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The medical examiner testified that the nature of [the childj’s injuries indicated a non-accidental cause. All of the state’s experts were of the opinion that the injuries that [the child] received could not have occurred from him simply falling off the couch onto a coffee table. In fact, the defendant’s own expert testified that this was highly unlikely. Moreover, the state’s medical evidence that [the child] was shaken, as indicated by the hemorrhages in his retinas, was not adequately countered by the defendant.”

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

2. “, or with knowledge, (1) With respect to his conduct or to attendant circumstances when he is aware of the nature of his conduct or that those circumstances exist; or (2) With respect to a result of his conduct when he is aware that his conduct is practically certain to cause that result. 2 . Gunn does not dispute that the evidence was sufficient to prove: (1) (the act) that the child's injuries were caused by violent shaking, and (2) (knowledge) that Gunn knew that violently shaking a baby can cause”

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

3. “undermines the defendant's version of the events.”

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