State v. Godsoe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ * * * A judge comments on the evidence when he expresses to the jury his opinion of what the evidence shows or does not show, (citation omitted) The inferences derived from the evidence are peculiarly within the jury’s province. An invasion of this would constitute error where prejudicial. Gibbs v. State, 48 Ariz. 25 , 58 P.2d 1037 (1936).” State v. Godsoe, 107 Ariz. 367, 370 , 489 P.2d 4, 7 (1971).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Franzi v. Superior Court of Arizona · State v. Stoneman

2. ““Section 27. Judges shall not charge juries with respect to matters of fact, nor comment thereon, but shall declare the law.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Franzi v. Superior Court of Arizona · Eastin v. Broomfield

3. ““Where the charge is founded solely on the testimony of the complaining witness, as in this case, that testimony must be reasonable, consistent and not inherently improbable or impossible. If you find that the testimony of the complaining witness does not meet this standard, you must find the defendant not guilty.””

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