State v. Perkins’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 18 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Evidence of conviction of crime, but not of arrest, indictment or prosecution, is admissible for the purpose of impeaching the credibility of the witness, but before evidence of such former conviction can be adduced from any other source than the witness whose credibility is to be impeached, he must have been questioned on cross-examination as to such conviction, and have failed distinctly to admit the same; and no witness, whether he be defendant or not, can be asked on cross-examination whether or- not he has ever been indicted or arrested, and ca/n only be questioned as to conviction, and as provided herein.” (Italics mine.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kelly · 277 So. 2d 134 - State v. Prieur

2. “to clothe the defendant with a mantel of protection against any evidence of prior arrests or charges for the reason that such information is prejudicial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 283 So. 2d 744 - State v. Collins · 277 So. 2d 134 - State v. Prieur