Reed v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Instruction I. If the jury believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Earl Jones, in Pike County and before the finding of the indictment herein on March 5, 1952, did willfully and maliciously assault, strike and beat J. A. Runyon with a weapon upon the head or body or both with the intent then and there to kill the said J. A. Runyon and that the weapon used by the said Earl Jones was a deadly weapon as defined in these instructions, then the jury will find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment and fix his punishment at confinement in the state penitentiary for not less than two years nor more than twenty-one years. “Instruction II. The word ‘willfully’ as used in these instructions means intentionally, not accidentally. “The word ‘maliciously’ as used in these instructions means a predetermination to do ari unlawful and wrong ful act without legal excuse and it is immaterial at what time before the doing of the act such determination was formed. “The phrase ‘a deadly weapon’ as used in these instructions means a weapon or instrument reasonably calculated to produce death. The defendant’s feet and shoes on the occasion proven in evidence may be found by the jury to have been a deadly weapon, if the jury shall believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the said defendant’s feet and shoes were reasonably calculated to produce death when used by a man of the defendant’s age and strength and in the way and manner in which th”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jones v. Commonwealth

2. ““When a new trial is asked on the ground that a juror has been guilty of misconduct, the person seeking a new trial on this ground should do so at the earliest moment after he has received information of the misconduct complained of, and should file his ■affidavit stating when he obtained the information. If the party seeking a new trial on this ground fails to do this, he will be deemed to have waived his right to rely on the misconduct as a ground for a new trial after there has been a verdict against him.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jackson v. Commonwealth