Masters v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““While an appeal may be taken by defendant as a matter of right from a judgment of conviction, the manner of taking and perfecting such appeal is a proper matter of legislative control, and the statute prescribing manner in which an appeal can be taken is mandatory.””

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