State v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a defendant challenges the constitutionality of a statute, the provisions of Article V, Section IV of the Missouri Constitution would normally divest this court of jurisdiction. Merely asserting that the statute in question is unconstitutional does not necessarily deprive this court of jurisdiction unless that issue is real and substantial and not merely colorable. Where, however, "the Missouri Supreme Court has already twice ruled on the precise issue,” presented by the Defendant, "the court of appeals has jurisdiction, but must ... follow the rule decided by the Supreme Court.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Alyssa D. Bustamante v. State of Missouri