State v. Porter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) Two or more offenses may be charged in the same indictment, information, or complaint in a separate count for each offense if the offenses charged, whether felonies or misdemeanors, or both, are of the same or similar character or are based on the same act or transaction or on two or more acts or transactions connected together or constituting parts of a common scheme or plan. (3) The court may order two or more indictments, informations, or complaints, or any combination thereof, to be tried together if the offense, and the defendants, if there are more than one, could have been joined in a single indictment, information or complaint. The procedure shall be the same as if the prosecution were under such single indictment, information, or complaint. (4) If it appears that a defendant or the state would be prejudiced by a joinder of offenses or of defendants in an indictment, information, or complaint, or by such joinder of offenses in separate indictments, informations, or complaints for trial together, the court may order an election for separate trials of counts, indictments, informations, or complaints, grant a severance of defendants, or provide whatever other relief justice requires.”

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

2. ““[Defense counsel:] You did tell him that it would help him if he would confess, didn’t you? “A. It could help him. “Q. You did tell him that? “A. I said it could help him, yes. “Q. In fact, you mentioned at one point in the tape, ‘/ am sure the judge will take that into consideration ’ ? “A. Yes, sir. “Q. So basically you told him that it could help him if he confessed and if he told you what he did that you would be a lot easier on him? “A. That it would look better for him. “Q. That it would look better for him? “A. Right. “Q. And you were telling him that even before he admitted doing anything on either of these robberies? “A. I was probably telling that all the way through in talking about all of the robberies.””

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