Leonard v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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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. “It is generally held that a witness cannot invoke the privilege against self-incrimination where he is either immune from prosecution, or where prosecution is barred by a statute of limitations. See 98 C.J.S. Witnesses § 437 (1957); 23 Am.Jur.2d Depositions Discovery § 38 (1985). `A legal limitation of the time of prosecution is in practical effect an expurgation of the crime; so after the lapse of the time fixed by law the privilege ceases.' 8 Wigmore on Evidence § 2279 (McNaughton rev. 1961). The constitution protects against only real danger of prosecution, not mere speculative possibilities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 6727 - Rosado v. Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp., No. Cv93302072 (Jun 2, 1995)

2. “to cases where either the jury’s verdict or the trial court’s findings of fact include a finding that the defendant is about to either (1) flee the jurisdiction to avoid paying his creditors, or (2) has concealed or diverted assets in fraud of his creditors, or (3) will do so unless immediately detained.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 104 N.C. App. 179 - MacClements v. LaFone