State v. Holley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 district · 11 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. ““Defendant urges as the only ground of appeal that it was error for the trial court to permit Jordan’s conviction to be shown and that the error was of such magnitude as to require a new trial.” 34 N.J. 10, 13 , 166 A.2d 758, 760 , cert. denied 368 U.S. 854 , 82 S.Ct. 89 , 7 L.Ed.2d 51 (1961).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 205 F. Supp. 933 - In re Holley

2. “The law is settled in this jurisdiction that either party on producing a person as a witness may inquire on direct examination if he has been convicted of crime, and show the crime even if an affirmative answer is given. [34 N. J. at 13]”

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