Samples 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. “‘A conviction will not he reversed for alleged misconduct of' the prosecuting attorney, unless this court can say that the prosecuting attorney was not only guilty of misconduct, hut that such misconduct might, in some degree, have influenced the verdict against the defendant.’”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fike v. State · Cindle v. State

2. ““General exceptions to instructions of the court to the jury will not be considered on appeal. When counsel desire to except to any instruction, the attention of the court should be directly called to the instruction objected to in order that the court may be given an opportunity to correct any error it may contain. If this is not done, errors in instructions will be waived, unless they are fundamentally erroneous.””

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

3. ““Every person who buys or receives, in any manner, upon any consideration, any personal property of any value whatsoever, that has been stolen from any other, knowing the same to have been stolen, is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceeding five years, or in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by a fine not exceeding $250, or by both such fine and imprisonment.””

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