Douglas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The questions appellant refused to answer involved a separate criminal offense with which appellant, not having been convicted thereof and not having been granted immunity, could have been charged. He retained his right to refuse to answer such questions, and his probation could not be revoked for exercising this right.”

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

2. “the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination must be applicable to specific conduct and circumstances concerning a separate criminal offense.”

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