Dendy v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 6 district · 154 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 178 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““* * * We think, however, that the whole Act discloses that the Legislature intended that proceedings instituted thereunder should be governed, as far as practicable, by the rules relating to civil procedure. “* * * if the objects of the Act are to be accomplished, the proceedings thereunder must necessarily be civil in nature, and while in some respects the orders or the judgment of the court may have the characteristics of a judgment in a criminal case, the customary rules of evidence in civil cases, developed through long experience as essential in arriving at the truth with reasonable certainty, must be followed.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 107 Ohio App. 338 - State v. Shardell · Gamble v. State

2. ““Section 12 of the Act provides that a pending criminal case shall be transferred to the juvenile court when it appears that the defendant is within the sttautory age limits at the time of trial; thus implying that if the defendant is above the statutory age limit at the time of trial, ever, .hough the act upon which the prosecution is based was committed while the defendant was within the age limits, the courts can try him for crime. This interpretation of the language of the Act is fortified by the fact that the Court of Criminal Appeals has always held that the age at the time of the trial is controlling.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dillard v. State · Hight v. State

3. ““Now, keeping in mind the foregoing instructions, if the State has established to your satisfaction, beyond a reasonable doubt, that on or about the 11th day of July, A.D.1972, and prior to the filing of the petition in this case, Theodore Joiner, Jr., was a male child over the age of ten (10) years and under the age of seventeen (17) years and that in the County of McLennan, State of Texas, Theodore Joiner, Jr., did voluntarily kill Wiley Alonzo Scott by stabbing him with a knife, as set forth in the petition, then you will say by your verdict that Theodore Joiner, Jr., is a delinquent child; but if you do not so believe from the evidence, then you will say by your verdict that the said Theodore Joiner, Jr., is not a delinquent child.” « * * * “You may use the following forms for your verdict with respect to the matter of delinquency or non-delinquency of Theodore Joiner, Jr., of the charge in the petition: “We, the jury, find Theodore Joiner, Jr., is a delinquent child. Foreman. “We, the jury, find Theodore Joiner, Jr., is not a delinquent child.” Foreman.””

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