State v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Did appellants meet the requirement? We do not think so. There was nothing before the court to justify admission of the transcript except the bare 'statement of counsel that the witness ‘is now a resident of the state of Missouri and out of the jurisdiction of this court.’ No proof of any sort in support of the statement was offered. No facts tending to establish his absence from the state were submitted. There is nothing to indicate that any .effort had been made to secure the presence of the witness except the praecipe directing that subpoena be served at the courthouse on the day of the trial. The praecipe was tantamount to telling the sheriff that he need not look for the witness anywhere else o.r at any other time.” (p. 297.)”

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