State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Evidence of a statement which is made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing, offered to prove the truth of the matter stated, is hearsay evidence and inadmissible except: “(d) A statement which the judge finds was made ... (3) if die declarant is unavailable as a witness, by the declarant at a time when the matter had been recendy perceived by the declarant and while the declarant’s recollection was clear and was made in good faith prior to the commencement of the action and with no incentive to falsify or to distort.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Sharp · State v. Garcia

2. ““(1) If any person charged with a crime and held in jail solely by reason thereof shall not be brought to trial within 90 days after such person’s arraignment on the charge, such person shall be entitled to be discharged from further liability to be tried for the crime charged, unless the delay shall happen as a result of die application or fault of the defendant, or a continuance shall be ordered by the court under subsection (3). “(3) The time for trial may be extended beyond the limitations of subsections (1) and (2) of this section for any of the following reasons: (b) A proceeding to determine die defendant’s competency to stand trial is pending and a determination thereof may not be completed within the time limitations fixed for trial by this section.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. McGee

3. ““(1) A person is subject to prosecution and punishment under the law of this state if: (a) He commits a crime wholly or partly within this state; or (b) Being outside the state, he counsels, aids, abets, or conspires with another to commit a crime within this state; or (c) Being outside the state, he commits an act which constitutes an attempt to commit a crime within this state. “(2) An offense is committed partly within this state if either an act which is a constituent and material element of the offense, or the proximate result of such act, occurs within the state. If the body of a homicide victim is found within this state, the death is presumed to have occurred within the state.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Woolverton