Hinshaw v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 1 district · 173 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 183 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A fact in the nature of an inference may itself be taken as the basis of a new inference, whether intermediate or final, provided the first inference has the required basis of a proved fact.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. State · Hunt v. State

2. ““The objection is: First, that the oath prescribed for grand jurors necessarily implies that they are forbidden to give such testimony ; and, second, that the statute requires such testimony to be reduced to writing, and that it was actually reduced to writing, and that, such writing being the best evidence, oral testimony as to what appellant stated under oath to the grand jury is inadmissible, unless the absence of the written statement is accounted for. As to the first objection, the form of the oath to the grand jury, among other things, is: ‘And that you will not disclose any evidence given or proceeding had before the grand jury.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. McDonald

3. ““But if after a careful consideration of the law and the evidence in the case, you are satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty, you should return your verdict accordingly. Duty demands it, and the law requires it. . . .” 147 Ind. at 385 .”

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