State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In moving for the hearing, Respondents asked the trial court to rule on the ... issue “prior to allowing the testimony to come before the jury inasmuch as there is a risk of prejudice if certain statements may be testified to ..., at which point we would not be able to cure that in front of the jury.” The State was given no indication that the trial court would peremptorily dismiss the charges at the close of a hearing the stated purpose of which was to prevent prejudice. Thus, we disagree with Respondent Smith that the State is procedurally barred from raising this issue.”

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

2. “A conviction cannot be had on the extrajudicial confessions of the defendant unless corroborated by proof aliunde of the corpus delicti. State v. Blocker, 205 S.C. 303 , 31 S.E.2d 908 (1944).... Moreover, if there is any evidence tending to establish the corpus delicti, then it is the duty of the trial court to pass that question on to the jury. State v. Blocker, supra.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. City of Easley v. Portman