McCurdy v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(1) that the evidence alleged to be newly discovered could not have been discovered before trial by the exercise of due diligence on behalf of the party seeking the new trial; and “(2) it must be shown that the newly discovered evidence is of such a nature that had it been admitted at trial, a different verdict would probably have been returned.” McCurdy v. State, (1975) 263 Ind. 66 , 324 N.E.2d 489 .”

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

2. ““Where the homicide has been preceded by a concurrence of will, with an intention to kill, and these are followed by deliberate thought or premeditation, although they follow as instantaneous as successive thoughts can follow each other, the perpetrator may be guilty of murder in the first degree.””

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

3. ““As previously stated by this Court, ‘For a photograph to be admissible it is first necessary to establish that it is a true and correct representation of the thing it intends to portray.’ Johnson v. State (1972), 258 Ind. 648, 655-56 , 283 N.E.2d 532, 536 .””

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