People v. Turner’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. ““Nor do we entertain any doubt that even though [actual] knowledge of insufficient funds in the hands of the ‘drawee’ is not required, the section is constitutional. It is to be noted that it does not purport to inflict punishment for failure to pay wages, but for undertaking to pay them by the issuance of some instrument. One who chooses to make use of an instrument instead of cash, may constitutionally be charged with first knowing [or using all reasonable efforts to acquire knowledge] that the instrument he issues conforms to the requirements of the code, and his [unjustifiable] ignor anee of the fact that if funds are needed, they are insufficient, is not made an excuse by the section nor required by any constitutional principle. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Hampton