Flowers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The better rule appears to be that declared by Mr. Justice Holmes in Dunn v. United States (1932), 284 U.S. 390 , 52 S.Ct. 189 , 76 L.Ed. 356 , 80 A.L.R. 161 , where it was declared: `Consistency of the verdict is not necessary. Each count in an indictment is regarded as if it was a separate indictment... . Where the offenses are separately charged in the counts of a single indictment the same rule must hold... . That the verdict may have been the result of compromise, or of a mistake on the part of the jury is possible. But verdicts cannot be upset by speculation or inquiry into such matters.'"”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Marsh v. State · Wireman v. State

2. ““[Sjexual intercourse is' an essential element of incest and that such a relationship with a female under the age of sixteen years constitutes rape.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Haddock v. State