Olson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The state’s evidence, including the testimony of Mary Heatherman, employee at Randall’s No. 2, and the picture taken of appellant and of the check, shows that the words and figures ‘Signature not like on file 35-107,’ which appear on the instrument set out in the indictment, were placed on the check offered in evidence after it had been passed and the number A-05413 was placed on such check by Mary Heatherman when she cashed it. The variance is fatal and renders the evidence insufficient to sustain the conviction.””

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