3 E.H. Smith 1 - People v. . Williams’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. ““If it turns out on the trial that the affidavit, although sworn to by the defendant, was not delivered by him, the indictment will fail from lack of proof to sustain the allegation of making. On the other hand, if it is shown that the defendant did deliver it with intent to utter it as true, the allegation that he made the affidavit is supported. The crime consists in the making of a false affidavit upon a material matter in an action or special proceeding. The making must be averred, and the fact of delivery must be proved to sustain the averment, because by section 100 there must be a delivery with the intent stated before there is a complete making.””

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