State v. Harwick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

46 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““No party may assign as error the giving or failure to give an instruction unless he objects thereto before the jury retires to consider its verdict stating distinctly the matter to which he objects and the grounds of his objection unless the instruction is clearly erroneous. . . .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Mason · State v. Wilson

2. ““The issue of the admissibility of the confession or admission shall not be submitted to the jury. The circumstances surrounding the making of the confession or admission may be submitted to the jury as bearing upon tire credibility or the weight to be given to the confession or admission.”

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

3. “here, the promise was solicited by the accused, freely and voluntarily, so they cannot be heard to say that in accepting the promise they were the victims of compelling influences.”

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