Higgins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Appellant, however, makes the plea that this is a papuer appeal and for that reason the proper procedure for raising such alleged error on appeal should be ignored in his case. Our answer to that is that the appellant was assigned competent counsel at public expense at the trial and in the appeal for the purposes of representing him. A pauper has no greater rights than a person who is not a pauper in trial or on an appeal. A pauper with counsel has no right to a waiver of rules of procedure in his case. To do so would be to discriminate in favor of a pauper as against a person with property. We can find no reason or authority in law for such discrimination. When a pauper is assigned counsel, he must take the consequences of the actions of his counsel, the same as a person who pays for his own counsel. Bullard v. State (1964), 245 Ind. 197 , 197 N. E. 2d 295 ; State ex rel. Macon v. Orange Circuit Court (1964), 245 Ind. 269 , 195 N. E. 2d 352 .” Higgins v. State (1964), 246 Ind. 62 , 202 N. E. 2d 569, 570 .”

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

2. ““From this evidence we feel the jury could reasonably have found the appellant guilty of entering the home of [the complainant] with intent to commit a felony.” Higgins v. State, 246 Ind. 62, 64 , 202 N.E.2d 569, 570 (1964).”

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

3. ““. . . His unexplained prescence inside the home along with his admissions creates a reasonable inference of guilt.” (emphasis added)”

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