Walker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

77 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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The State’s exhibit No. 4 was an autopsy photograph showing. It showed three circular wounds in the locations described by the pathologist and the nurses. (Sutures over the stomach were also visible.) This photograph was illustrative of the witness’ testimony and tended to prove the cause of death. The wounds relevant to the case were not obscured by the surgical incisions, as they were in Warrenburg v. State, (1973) 260 Ind. 572 , 298 N.E.2d 434 . The photograph was not unlike those in Carroll v. State, (1975) 263 Ind. 696 , 338 N.E.2d 264 and Birkla v. State, (1975) 263 Ind. 37 , 323 N.E.2d 645 , and there was no error in their admission.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 174 Ind. App. 533 - Walls v. State

2. “. . . the investigation required under our statute, is not an adjudication of delinquency as contemplated by Breed, supra, but is merely determinative of the forum. There is no finding that certain acts have been or have not been committed in fact. 349 N.E.2d at 166 .”

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

3. ““The court instructs you that the question of insanity should be carefully considered by the jury because a due regard for the ends of justice and the welfare of society demand that a party guilty of a crime be convicted.””

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