Grimes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Ordinarily error cannot be predicated upon mere unexplained excerpts from the remarks of counsel to the jury. Enough must appear of record to advise the appellate court of what preceded the alleged objectionable remarks and their meaning to be deduced from the context, and whether or not they were invited or provoked by remarks made by opposing counsel.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dare v. State · Glover v. State

2. ““ ‘Evidence of different offenses from the one charged are admissible when both offense are so closely linked as to form a part of res gestae.’ ””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parks v. State · Walker v. State

3. ““ . . . This court has repeatedly held that to entitle the defense of alibi to consideration, the evidence must be such as to show that at the very time of the commission of the crime charged the accused was at another place so far away or under such circumstances that he could not, with ordinary exertion, have reached the place where the crime was committed so as to have participated in the commission thereof. . . . ””

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