Halbrook v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 18 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A takes B to husband in Holland, and then in Holland fakes C to husband, living B, and then B dies, and living C she marries D, this is not marrying a second husband, the former being alive, for the marriage to C, living B, was ■.simply void, aud so he was not her husband; but if B had been living, this had been felony to marry D in England.””

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

2. “£ £ There was also .a presumption that appellant’s marriage with Jane Honeycutt was lawful, innocent, and not criminal. It is supposed that a man will not incur the guilt of felony and danger which attends it by marrying another woman during the life of one to whom he has previously been lawfully married.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lathan v. Lathan

3. ““ * * * if Margaret Halbrook had obtained a divorce from him before he married Mary Mahan, this third marriage was valid, and not bigamous, as alleged in the indictment; ’ ’”

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