People v. Maxfield’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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. ““We think the charge was erroneous. It rests the right to convict upon proof of the making of the acknowledgment, regardless of whether the acknowledgment was voluntary, or made under threats and promises of favor. The jury should have been instructed that it was their duty to first determine whether the statements were made voluntarily or under threats or promises.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Dudgeon