State v. Greer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . This consisted of the testimony of the investigating officer, the clear import of which was that the officer played Bobbie’s confession to appellant, appellant admitted orally her [Bobbie’s] version was correct except as to the weapon; that appellant stated be ‘had not used a weapon to strike him with. That he had only used his fist to strike the man with when he obtained his money’; then, according to the officer’s testimony, appellant gave a tape-recorded statement admitting his part in the robbery. Appellant heard Bobbie’s statement and, with an exception not here material, he verbally assented to and adopted it; the statement became his own and was thus admissible in evidence against him.” (p. 214.)”

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

2. ““As against a party, a statement . . . (2) of which the party with knowledge of the content thereof has, by words or other conduct, manifested his adoption or his belief in its truth. ...””

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