Rhea v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “The statute was enacted as § 67 of Chapter 45 of the Revised Statutes of 1838. This chapter relates to criminal procedure and, as may be readily seen from the table of contents which follows its title, is subdivided to conform tó the various steps involved in a criminal proceeding. Sections 59 through 77 define the procedure to be observed by grand juries. When § 67 is read together with the sections that immediately precede and follow it there can be no doubt that it pertains only to testimony taken in the course of a grand jury investigation.”

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

2. “In all cases where two (2) or more persons are jointly or otherwise concerned in the commission of any crime or misdemeanor, either of such persons may be sworn as a witness in relation to such crime or misdemeanor, but the testimony given by such witness shall in no instance be used against him in any criminal prosecution for the same offense.”

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