State v. Prophet’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The court was satisfied that the state had proven defendant’s possession of the whisky for sale for beverage purposes. It is immaterial whether the court’s conclusion was reached by direct or by circumstantial evidence. The mere possession of the whisky by defendant for sale for beverage purposes constituted an offense denounced by the statute. The only exceptions are those permitted by section 4 of the act, permitting the possession of intoxicating liquor legally acquired and for personal consumption in one’s private dwelling or abode while oceupie4 as such and allowing the brewing of beer and fermenting of wine under certain conditions. The burden of proof was on defendant to show that his possession of the whisky fell within one of the exceptions set forth in the act. This he failed to do. The bill of exception, therefore, is not well taken.””

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

2. “several persons familiar with all kinds of whisky testified that this (the liquor involved) was corn whisky,”

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