State v. Weitzel’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““When an indictment is at issue upon a question of fact, and before the same is called for trial, the court may, upon sufficient cause shown by the affidavit of the defendant, or the statement of the district attorney, direct the trial to be postponed to another day in the same term, or to another term; and all affidavits or papers read on either side upon the application must be first filed with the clerk.””

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

2. ““ It is a well-settled rule that an order appearing in the journal of the court is taken by this court as an absolute verity. * * *””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Oregon v. Kuhnhausen