State v. Lewis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]n analysis of assignments of error claiming that the evidence is insufficient to support a conviction under a municipal ordinance and that the sentence is excessive requires an examination of the specific ordinance involved. It is well established that an appellate court will not take judicial notice of an ordinance not in the record but assumes that a valid ordinance creating the offense charged exists, that the evidence sustains the findings of the trial court, and that the sentence is within the limits set by the ordinance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 5 Neb. Ct. App. 629 - State v. Fiedler

2. “This court cannot undertake to notice the ordinances of all the municipalities within its jurisdiction, nor to search the records for evidence of their passage, amendment or repeal. A party relying upon such matters must make them a part of the bill of exceptions, or in some manner present them as a part of the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Bush

3. “In the absence from the record of the applicable municipal ordinance, an appellate court presumes that the evidence sustains the findings of the trial court . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 5 Neb. Ct. App. 629 - State v. Fiedler