Ross v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the statute as a whole is unambiguous and there is no reasonable doubt as to the meaning of the words used, the court's role is limited to an application of the literal meaning of those words.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Murray · Evans v. State

2. “[t]he legislative intent underlying the habitual offender statute is to insure that a defendant has had an opportunity to correct a pattern of criminal conduct before the imposition of an enhanced penalty.”

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

3. “when the word 'means' is employed in defining a word or term, the definition is limited to the meaning given.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Evans v. State