King v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The statute is based on the principle that the drawing or uttering of a check is an implied repre sentation that the drawer has present funds on deposit to meet it. By its provisions, if such funds are not on hand and this is done with the intent to defraud, a crime is committed, and the act of drawing or uttering is made prima facie evidence of such intent. If the person exchanging money or property therefor is informed before he makes such exchange that such funds are not on hand to meet the check, and accepts it under a promise to hold it to enable the maker to procure funds to meet it, this is but the creation of a debt, and the drawing or uttering of a check in evidence thereof is not to be distinguished from the execution of a promissory note.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hughes v. Commonwealth