State v. Nichols’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The correct rule is stated in People v. Kinder, 122 Cal. App. 2d 457 , 265 P.2d 23 , 28 (1954): ‘ * * * The mere argument of counsel is not evidence and is not admissible as such unless made as a factual admission * * * and entered in the course of a trial.’ The opinion expressed by the attorney during the earlier proceeding while arguing a matter of law was no more relevant to prove the facts in the subsequent trial than it would have been if the attorney instead had expressed his enthusiastic personal belief in the guilt of the accused and the state were trying to place that opinion before the jury.” Id. at 746.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Worthen · 23 Md. App. 131 - Johnson v. State

2. “The State cannot honestly say that this defendant aimed that rifle at his wife and pulled the trigger intending to kill her.”

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

3. “[w]e think the word was understandable without elaboration.”

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