Green v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Whoever voluntarily kills any human being without malice, express or implied, in a sudden heat, is guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and, on conviction, shall be imprisoned in the state prison for not less than two (2) nor more than twenty-one (21) years."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 Ind. App. 396 - Nuss v. State · O'CONNER v. State

2. ““6. Error of law occurring at the trial in that the Court declined to grant the defendant’s motion to strike voluntary utterance which was made orally during the trial in the following matter, under the following circumstances and with the following ruling by the Court: PROSECUTOR: Now what kind of business was the defendant operating? WITNESS SCHOOLCRAFT: Well its more or less a place for young kids to hang out and get in trouble. PROSECUTOR: Did he have a pool hall? WITNESS SCHOOLCRAFT: I’ve seen young kids down there twelve and thirteen years old— MR. SAMPER: We object to his volunteered answer sir in that its not responsive to the question. THE COURT: I think that ground is available only to the interrogator, that is, the person asking the question as grounds for a motion to strike. MR. SAMPER: We’re objecting to the answer your honor. THE COURT: Well. MR. SAMPER: He’s simply not answering what the prosecutor asked him. THE COURT: As, as I say, I think that ground as a motion to strike runs only to the interrogator. However, I will instruct the witness to confine his answers to the question. All right, go ahead. WITNESS SCHOOLCRAFT: Repeat that sir? PROSECUTOR: Was the defendant operating a pool hall in that location? WITNESS SCHOOLCRAFT: I have seen a pool table in there, yes sir. PROSECUTOR: And has there been a pin ball machine? WITNESS SCHOOLCRAFT: Yes, sir, there has been. 7. Error of law occurring at the trial in that the Court permitted the trial prosecutor to unde”

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

3. ““This cause was tried by a jury. The jury is the sole judge of the law and the evidence. They determine the weight of the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses.””

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