State v. Haught’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . It is the function of the jury, not that of a court of appellate review, to weigh the evidence- and pass upon the credibility of the witnesses, and if there is substantial, competent evidence to support it, a verdict will not be disturbed on the ground it was not based on sufficient evidence, or contrary to the evidence. . . .” (l. c. 100.)”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Gregory · State v. Burnett

2. ““In the instant case it is disclosed that, before sentence was imposed by the trial court, defendant admitted three prior convictions of felonies in other states, and he cannot now be heard to say that a sentence under the Habitual Criminal Act (G. S. 1949, 21-107a) is invalid. (State v. Graham, supra; Reffitt v. Edmondson, 177 Kan. 83, 85 , 276 P. 2d 341 .) . . .” (p. 100.)”

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