State v. Cooke’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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “There was unqualified evidence of the promise of marriage, though in S. v. Ring , 142 N.C. 596 , it was held that it was sufficient if this could be reasonably inferred from the evidence; there was evidence of the good character of the girl, which was held sufficient supporting testimony in S. v. Horton , 100 N.C. 448 , and S. v. Malonee , 154 N.C. 202 ; there was evidence that she told her mother and father of the engagement and the conduct of the defendant, which was held sufficient as supporting testimony in S. v. Moody , 172 N.C. 967 , and (814) numerous cases there cited by Walker, J., from this and other states. The testimony of the mother that the daughter told her of her engagement and of the conduct of the defendant was also held sufficient in S. v. Whitley , 141 N.C. 823 , and S. v. Kincaid , 142 N.C. 657 .”

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

2. “There is no crime more despicable than this. It is committed in secret, by lust and lying, by deception and the stronger taking advantage of the weaker.”

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