State v. Tennison’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““To bind over the accused, it must appear to the justice that an offense has been committed, and that there is probable cause toi believe the defendant guilty. The record made by the justice should show the existence of these conditions, but it is not required that the exact language of the statute should be employed in making the entry. In the present case there is a general finding made by the justice that ‘there is sufficient evidence to warrant the binding over of the defendant.’ In the order of commitment issued, and which is made a part of the record, the justice recites that, ‘It appears that the offense of murder has been committed, and that there is probable cause to believe that Lucy Tennison is guilty of the commission thereof.’ Taking the two entries together, there can be no question of what the findings are, and that there has been a substantial compliance with the requirements of the statute.” (See, also, The State v. Bailey, 32 Kan. 83 , 3 Pac. 769 ; The State v. Fields, 70 Kan. 391 , 78 Pac. 833 .)”

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