State v. Desselles’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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A court or jury having jurisdiction to try the defendant for the crime charged in a bill of indictment or information has jurisdiction to convict him of a less'serious crime, of which, if charged alone, the court'or jury would not have jurisdiction; provided, of course, all of the elements of the less serious crime are essentially included in the definition of the crime charged. The reason is that the jurisdiction of a trial court or jury is determined by the nature or gravity of the crime charged, not by the judgment or verdict that may be rendered.””

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

2. ““It appears that the box had been opened by the clerk of court for the trial of a case that preceded this case, and that some names had therefore been drawn, from the box. The law does not require, and it is not practicable, that the tales jury box shall always contain the complement' of 100 names of men qualified for jury duty.””

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

3. ““In the instant case the sentence imposed is much lighter than might have been imposed for the burglary, with intent to steal, charged in the first count of the indictment, and we find no reason to disturb it.””

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