Mobley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “After the state completed its evidence in chief and rested, the court was recessed for lunch. When the court reconvened, appellant’s attorney called Otis Green to the witness stand, and the circuit judge observed that he had been in the courtroom all morning. Appellant’s attorney replied that he had caused a subpoena to be issued for this witness during the noon recess. When the witness admitted that he had been in the courtroom all morning, and had heard all the testimony in the case, the judge ruled that he could not testify. * * * Appellant’s attorney stated that he was not aware of Green’s presence in the courtroom or his identity until the noon recess. His statement went unchallenged.”

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