Foster v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The defendant contends, however, that striking it from the jury's consideration would not strike it from their minds and that the injury had already been done. Such a voluntary statement in a case of this character was most prejudicial and may have been the thing that tipped the scales against the defendant. The court's admonition to the jury, though removing the evidentiary harpoon in a technical sense, was not sufficient to repair the injury and the impression left on the jury's mind. This alone may have been what caused the jury to find the defendant guilty."”

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

2. ““Under the laws of this State, conviction for rape may be had on the uncorroborated testimony of the prosecu-trix. Where her testimony is positive as to the acts charged, even though she did not report the acts until months later, where she was only fourteen years of age, her testimony may be held sufficient for the consideration of the jury.””

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