State v. Todd’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

58 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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[A] failure to provide the jury with the cautionary accomplice witness instruction . . . is not error . . . when the jury is cautioned about the weight to be accorded testimonial evidence in other instructions.'”

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

2. “Article I, § 10, of the United States Constitution states simply that '[n]o State shall . . . pass any . . . ex post facto [l]aw.'”

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

3. “'it must be retrospective, that is it must apply to events occurring before its enactment, and it must disadvantage the offender affected by it. [Citations omitted.]'”

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