Gowans v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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. “(1) appellant (2) caused the death of another (8) by criminal negligence (a) with respect to circumstances surrounding his conduct or the result of his conduct when he ought to be aware of a substantial and justifiable risk that the circumstances exist or the result will occur. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that the failure to perceive it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that an ordinary person would exercise under all the circumstances as viewed from the actor’s standpoint.”

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

2. “(1) appellant (2) by accident or mistake (3) operated a motor vehicle (4) in a public place (5) while intoxicated (a) by not having the normal use of his mental and physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol or a combination of alcohol and cannabinoid in his body (b) and by having an alcohol concentration of at least 0.08 in his blood (6) and as a result of the intoxication, caused the death of another person (7) by driving his motor vehicle into and causing it to collide with the complainant.”

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

3. “A person commits an offense if the person takes an alcoholic beverage, controlled substance, or dangerous drug into a correctional facility....”

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