People v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““There is nothing in the record to show that he was not prejudiced by the failure of the court to give the information required by the statute to be given, — -nothing which enables us to avoid the general presumption that error is prejudicial. .... The general rule that everyone is presumed to know the law cannot be successfully invoked in a criminal case against a statute which provides that the defendant must be specially instructed as to what the law is on a particular point.””

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

2. ““The offense charged in this case is in its nature coarse and detestable; but it is an offense easily charged and difficult to disprove;. it affords great facility for a false accusation, made for the purpose of revenge and injury; and usually its proof depends mainly upon the testimony of an accomplice.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Rodríguez

3. ““Before a jury is called, the defendant must be informed by the court, or under its direction, that if he intends to challenge an individual juror he must do so before the jury is sworn.””

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