Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[s]ince there was no evidence before the jury in the present case that any witnesses not called by the State had knowledge of material and relevant facts, the defense would not have been entitled under [Morgan v. State] 5 to make the argument the trial court forbade. That being so, we conclude there was no error in the trial court’s grant of the motion in limine. 6”

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

2. “‘While mere presence at the scene of the commission of a crime is not sufficient evidence to convict one of being a party thereto, presence, companionship, and conduct before and after the offense are circumstances from which one’s participation in the criminal intent may be inferred.” [Cit.]”

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