State v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

52 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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Beeognizing the significance of the childish language used by Jimmy in his testimony, we consider his answers were apt in describing the perversive sexual conduct of defendant. Jimmy’s statement of the circumstances attending defendant’s act gives support, circumstantially, to Jimmy’s direct evidence of completion of the crime by actual penetration. Jimmy, it seems, did not see defendant’s penis, and Jimmy answered in effect, when pressed upon cross-examination, that he did not know defendant effected a penetration with the penis, but the penetration was not by defendant’s finger because Jimmy saw both of defendant’s hands. Jimmy’s rectum became sore and inflamed. We believe the evidence was substantial and sufficient to justify the submission of the question of defendant’s guilt to the jury.””

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

2. “Assignments of error not set forth in the motion for new trial but presented for the first time in defendant's brief filed herein are not preserved for review.”

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

3. “interests of justice more than counterbalance the ... value of such an examination.”

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