Pierce v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In any case where the legal evidence raises an issue hereunder, the jury shall be instructed that if it believes, or has a reasonable doubt, that the evidence was obtained in violation of the provisions of this Article, then and in such event, the jury shall disregard any such evidence so obtained.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Coleman v. State · Holmes v. State

2. “There is only one question presented in appellant’s brief, and that grows out of the refusal of the trial court to submit the following requested charge: “You are further charged that a person is deemed to be intoxicated, when he does not have the normal use of his faculties by reason of the use of intoxicating liquor. "It is the law of this state that a peace officer has the right to arrest without a warrant of arrest, a person found in a public place, in a state of intoxication. "You are further charged that if you find from the evidence, or if you have a reasonable doubt thereof, that the Defendant was not intoxicated at the time of his arrest, then his arrest would be unlawful, and the marihuana cigarette alleged to have been taken from him would not be admissible against him, and if you so find, you will find the Defendant not guilty.” If the search was illegal, appellant should have urged an objection to the evidence obtained thereby at the time it was offered. This he did not do, but his counsel stated, "No objection, Your Honor,” when the marihuana cigarette was offered. He thus waived any objection to the marihuana cigarette being offered in evidence,”

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

3. “If you find from the evidence that Officer Obie held a gun to the defendant’s head in an effort to make the defendant give him a statement, or if you have a reasonable doubt thereof, you will disregard the defendant’s videotaped statement and not use it for any purpose whatsoever during your deliberations. However, if you find from the evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Officer Obie did not hold a gun to the defendant’s head in an effort to make the defendant give him a statement, then you may consider the defendant's videotaped statement during your deliberations.”

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