State v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If she committed the homicide the defense of insanity was an affirmative one, which could not properly be shown upon the cross-examination of the State’s witness, and the court committed no error in so ruling. Moreover, the court announced that the witness could be recalled by defendant when it came to the defense. If she did not commit the homicide the evidence was inadmissible for any purpose, for under such circumstance the condition of her mind was immaterial. But the homicide being shown to have been committed by defendant the burden was upon her to show some legal justification or excuse for it, and if excusable upon the ground of insanity, it must have been shown to the reasonable satisfaction of the jury.””

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