Johnston v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “At the pretrial hearing, all parties agreed that it was a matter of credibility of the witnesses as to whether Johnston received the required “Marcum Notice.” Johnston testified that he was never given notice, either orally or in writing. The State produced four witnesses, however, to support its contention that Johnston received notice of the proceeding. Therefore, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion in finding in favor of the State.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Lisle v. State

2. “[n]or is there an express provision requiring seventeen members every time the selected grand jury meets. In fact, there is a long-standing practice of carrying on the proceedings, regardless of whether or not all seventeen grand jurors are present. As long as at least twelve members hear the matter presented and vote to return an indictment against the defendant, the court has complied with the requirements. See NRS 172.255.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gordon v. Eighth Judicial District Court