State v. Morgan’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In cases where a mistrial has been declared without the defendant's request or consent, double jeopardy will not bar a retrial if (1) there was a manifest necessity or high degree of necessity for ordering a mistrial, or (2) the ends of public justice would otherwise be defeated.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Warren v. Culver, Unpublished Decision (1-16-2004) · State v. Ingram, 06ap-984 (12-31-2007)

2. “Where the trial judge sua sponte declares a mistrial, double jeopardy does not bar retrial unless the judge's action was instigated by prosecutorial misconduct designed to provoke a mistrial, or the declaration of a mistrial constituted an abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Warren v. Culver, Unpublished Decision (1-16-2004)

3. “The Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, made applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, protects a criminal defendant from multiple prosecutions for the same offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Warren v. Culver, Unpublished Decision (1-16-2004)