State v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The jury are instructed that in making up your verdict it is your duty to consider exclusively the question of the guilt or innocence of this defendant under the evidence and the law as declared in these instructions, without regard to the question of the probable guilt or innocence of any other person of any crime, except that you are required to consider the probability of the guilt of any witness testifying herein, as disclosed in evidence, of criminal connection with the offense charged, or his guilt of any other criminal offense, as tending to affect the .credibility of such witness and the weight to be given to his testimony.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Branch · State v. Weisman