State v. Chacon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Appeals are creatures of statute, and, when not guaranteed by constitutional provisions, or specifically provided for by statute, no power of review is afforded to a litigant in a cause determined by an inferior court. The Supreme Court of this state has only such jurisdiction as is conferred by the Constitution, and the laws of the State not in conflict therewith. * * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Santillanes

2. “The appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court shall be co-extensive with the state, and shall extend to all final judgments and decisions of the district courts, and said court shall have such appellate jurisdiction of interlocutory orders and decisions of the district courts as may be conferred by law.”

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

3. ““In all cases of final judgment rendered upon anv Indictment, an appeal to the Supreme Court shall he allowed if applied for during the term at which said judgment is rendered.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Carrillo