Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"We construe the statute as conferring on the trial court the power to enter an order granting a reasonable extension, even after the expiration of the original sixty day period, provided the delay is not shown to be due to the fault of the appellant, or his attorney, and it is not shown that the appellee has been prejudiced by the delay."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roberson v. McHenry · Stevens v. Thompson

2. ““We are not to be understood as holding that the trial' court- has unreasonable or unlimited power to make such an' order extending the time for filing the transcript under all conceivably unreasonable circumstances or to the injury of the adverse party. * *”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roberson v. McHenry

3. “the trial court's power to grant an extension of time is not extinguished or cut off by the mere expiration of the sixty day period immediately following the date on which the appeal is taken.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stevens v. Thompson