Russell v. Commonwealth’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. ““Section 334 of the Civil Code of Practice expressly prescribes that the time for the preparation and. filing of bills of exceptions shall not be extended beyond a day in the succeeding term of court, and. if there is any remaining time of that term and appellant does not have his exceptions ready for filing on that day, an extension may be made to a future day of that term, but not beyond it to a day in the term following or succeeding it; and which practice rule has been followed by this court without exceptions, as will be seen from the numerous cases cited in the notes to the section. Section 282 of the Criminal Code of Practice prescribes that the bill of exceptions in a criminal prosecution shall be ‘prepared, settled and signed, as provided in the Court. (Code) of Practice in civil cases.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Luster v. Commonwealth

2. ““No rule is better settled in the practice than the one to the effect that in the absence of a bill of exceptions containing the evidence heard at the trial, nothing is before this court except the sufficiency of the pleadings to sustain the judgment, which in a criminal prosecution is the indictment. Among the later cases so holding are Tipton v. Commonwealth, 207 Ky. 685 , 269 S. W. 1007 ; Maynard v. Commonwealth, 210 Ky. 362 , 275 S. W. 871 ; and others referred to in those opinions.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Luster v. Commonwealth