State v. Merck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““thereby became jailers of their own choosing. In contemplation of law, the defendant was then transferred from the custody of the officers to the custody of his sureties. The sureties intended that the defendant should have his freedom until he was required to appear and render himself in execution of the judgment of the court. Their undertaking accomplished the very thing intended. At any time before the declaration of forfeiture, the sureties had it within their power to surrender the defendant in discharge of the bail and thus release themselves from the penalty which might occur by reason of any default of the defendant. . . . ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Arizona v. Stanton