Haskins v. State’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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The Grand Jurors for the State and County aforesaid, upon their oath present and say that Irvin D. Burton and Foster Brandon on or about the 18 day of February, 1956, in the State and County aforesaid did unlawfully and feloniously take, steal and carry away the following described personal property to-wit: $1186.04 in lawful money of the United States, the property of William E. Anderson, Fred R. Anderson, Eura Anderson, Ethel Anderson, Duke and Henry P. Anderson, with the felonious intent to deprive the true owners thereof "Against the peace and dignity of the State of Tennessee, the defendants left the State of Tennessee a short time after said offense and have remained absent from this state for more than five years."”

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

2. “In adding the words `of Tennessee,' the legislature went beyond the constitutional requirement, and the added words must, therefore, be construed as merely directory and not mandatory.”

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