State v. Richards’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he generally conceded grounds for mootness are that in the event the judgment of conviction is affirmed, it is impossible of execution, and if the judgment is reversed, the accused is unavailable for a new trial.”

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

2. “whether a fine or forfeiture of property based upon the prior conviction would require the same determination of mootness.”

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

3. “the effect of the dismissal of this appeal upon the underlying conviction appealed from,”

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