Hewitt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]here was not the slightest circumstance indicating a disposition on the part of counsel for the defendant to impede the progress of the trial or trifle with the court”

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

2. “every opportunity should be, and is by the law, extended the citizen to meet the charge made against him.”

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