Jenkins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Where an appeal is taken under any provision of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this Code section, all judgments, rulings, or orders rendered in the case which are raised on appeal and which may affect the proceedings below shall be reviewed and determined by the appellate court, without regard to the appealability of the judgment, ruling, or order standing alone and without regard to whether the judgment, ruling, or order appealed from was final or was appealable by some other express provision of law contained in this Code section, or elsewhere. . ..”

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

2. “The interpretation of a statute is a question of law, which is reviewed de novo on appeal. A criminal statute must be construed strictly against criminal liability and, if it is susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation, the interpretation most favorable to the party facing criminal liability must be adopted.”

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

3. “[a]ll cases in which the constitutionality of a law . . . has been drawn in question”

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