State v. Rose’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Under Act 93 of 1916, p. 211, the defendant, in a criminal trial before a judge without a jury, may submit to the judge any legal proposition and demand a ruling thereon, in the manner of asking for a special charge to a jury; and, if the judge in such case errs in his ruling upon the application of the law to the facts established by the evidence, the error may be corrected on appeal to this court, provided the bill of exception presents a distinct question of law and does not require a decision of any question of fact pertaining to the guilt or innocence of the party accused.””

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

2. “If lewd dancing was done in the place without defendant's knowledge and despite his faithful attempt to prevent it, he was not guilty of permitting lewd dancing in the place, and should not have been convicted.”

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

3. ““It was there, held (referring to the Mioton Case) to be properly within the province of the trial judge to decide whether any particular case of desertion or nonsupport was ‘without just cause.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Town of Ponchatoula v. Bates