Barnard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The facts in the instant case do not bring it within the Engler case. Though this court does not approve of the voluntary statement of the officer which is bordering closely upon that forbidden in the Engler case, it does not go far enough to constitute error. The jury was not shown that defendant refused to take the test but the officer did say he was offered the test. Whether defendant took the test or refused it is not shown by the testimony. We cannot see where defendant was prejudiced to the extent of constituting error of a reversible nature. The court has reviewed the testimony carefully and though there is a drastic conflict in the testimony which constituted a question for the jury we find no justification for reversal * *”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Morris v. State · Gay v. State

2. ““Wherein in questioning such motorist, he is found to have odor of alcohol and is staggering on his feet and to have shown signs of intoxication, the officers were then justified in arresting defend ant and searching his car as incident to arrest, and the motion to suppress the evidence was properly overruled.””

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