28 Or. App. 821 - State v. McCormick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a person has been held to answer for a crime, if an indictment is not found against him within 30 days or the district attorney does not file an information in circuit court within 30 days after the person is held to answer, the court shall order the prosecution to be dismissed, unless good cause to the contrary is shown.”

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

2. “I instruct you that if you find evidence that a witness in this case was a suspect and that he fled then you may consider that evidence as bearing upon that witness’ consciousness of guilt and you may draw an inference against that witness.”

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

3. “"[W]e think the better rule is that such instruction should not be given whether with respect to conduct of a defendant or of a witness." 28 Or. App. 821, 827 , 561 P.2d 665, 668 (1977).”

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