Warren v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Article 7, § 23 of our constitution states that judges shall not “charge juries with regard to matters of fact” and so precludes them from commenting on the evidence. The judge is not to influence the jury with regard to the credibility of witnesses or the weight to be given their testimony. The prohibition applies not only to charges, but to colloquies with lawyers in the jury’s hearing. Fuller v. State, 217 Ark. 679 , 232 S.W.2d 988 (1950). Clearly, if this inquiry into relevance could influence the jury in any manner, the case must be reversed, but since the appellant was allowed to pursue the line of questioning after the inquiry, we can see no possible inference on credibility, weight to be given, or any other matter. We hold the questioning into relevancy did not amount to a comment on the evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edwards v. Stills · Echols v. State

2. “While we strictly construe a penal statute, we find no language which requires terrorizing over a prolonged period of time.”

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