Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““. . . all possibility of tampering need not be excluded; upon reasonable assurance that the exhibit has passed through the various hands in an undisturbed condition its admission is proper and any remaining doubts go to its weight only.” [Citations omitted.]”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Teague v. State · 150 Ind. App. 411 - Orr v. Econo-Car of Indianapolis, Inc.

2. ““Entrapment is an affirmative or positive defense, and one that defendant must prove. It is in the nature of a confession and avoidance.””

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