Lewis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

66 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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A close reading of the statute would indicate such language has been inserted to protect a person who has the legal authority to forcibly carry off an individual, as for example with a parent and his child or a police officer and a suspected criminal. It would therefore not be necessary to show that the defendant was in fact breaking the law of this state as appellee seems to be arguing, but rather that the defendant was not in such a relationship to the victim as to afford him immunity under this statute.” 252 Ind. at 458 .”

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

2. ““. . . As appellee points out, not only did the appellant fail to object at trial to such evidence of identification but he himself elicited the evidence during cross examination of the state’s witnesses. It is well established law in Indiana that one cannot raise objections for the first time on appeal when there was sufficient opportunity to object during the course of the trial. Tyler v. State (1968), 250 Ind. 419 , 236 N. E. 2d 815 . Gernhart v. State (1954), 233 Ind. 470 , 120 N. E. 2d 265 .””

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

3. ““Whoever kidnaps, or forcibly or fradulently carries off or decoys from any place within this state, or arrests or imprisons any person . . . unless it be in pursuance of the laws of this state or of the United States, is guilty of kidnapping. . . .” Burns § 10-2901, supra.”

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