State v. Nutter’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. “““ ° * at the time and place in question, some person was unlawfully engaged in the manufacture of intoxicating liquor. The prosecution sought to show by circumstantial evidence that the defendant was that person.””

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

2. ““The defendant was not tried nor convicted upon circumstantial evidence alone.””

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