Fluty v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 45 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whether it was best to submit defendant’s case for trial to a jury or to the court was a matter for the defendant and his attorney to determine, and they had to determine this before the trial began. The attorney says they did discuss and determine this matter, deciding to try by the judge. This was sufficient evidence for the court’s decision, that the defendant’s constitutional right to a jury trial was not denied him. It would be a mockery of justice to say that having voluntarily tried his case before the judge and losing, he may then try it again by jury in the hope of doing better.””

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

2. ““Fifth to maintain inviolate the confidence, and at every peril to himself, to preserve the secrets of his client.””

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

3. “destroyed the confidential nature of the communications”

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