Gohlston v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “at imprisonment in the penitentiary for life, or for some period over twenty years.”

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

2. “Act clearly vests the power to fix the punishment in such cases in the jury”

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

3. “if they are of opinion that there are mitigating circumstances,”

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