220 So. 2d 295 - Turner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A trial judge should be meticulously careful in seeing that the defendant is afforded ample time in any case in order that he may adequately present to the jury the instructions and have sufficient time for his summation. The ultimate [sic] of a criminal prosecution is the verdict of the jury and frequently the decision of the jury is made substantially on the presentation of the law and the summation of the facts. It is a far better thing for the trial court to be indulgent in the granting of time for presenting the instructions and summation than to be strict or to be frugal in the allowance thereof.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. State · 330 So. 2d 580 - Ray v. State

2. “The trial judge has the duty of conducting an orderly trial. It is also his duty to see that the court's time is used economically. Likewise, the trial judge is allowed discretion in the conduct of a trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 607 So. 2d 1197 - Griffin v. State · 671 So. 2d 581 - Walker v. State

3. “The Court instructs the jury for the State that if you believe from the evidence in this case, beyond a reasonable doubt and to the exclusion of every reasonable hypothesis consistent with the defendant's innocence, that he, the defendant, on or about the 31st day of October, 1973, in Pike County, Mississippi, did wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously discharge a shotgun into the dwelling house owned by J. Gordon Roach, which dwelling house was then and there occupied by the said J. Gordon Roach and his wife Katherine Roach, or, if you believe from the evidence in this case, beyond a reasonable doubt and to the exclusion of every reasonable hypothesis consistent with the defendant's innocence, that at the said time and place, the defendant John Ray was present at and consenting to the commission of the said crime with which he is charged, and did any overt act which was immediately connected with or leading to its commission, then it is your sworn duty to find the defendant guilty as charged.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 330 So. 2d 580 - Ray v. State