State v. Dillon’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. I am the defendant in Jefferson County Circuit Court Cause No. 12JE-CC00636. 2. On June 20, 2012, the Jefferson County Sheriffs Department seized $2,439.00 in U.S. currency from my wallet that was on my person. 3. The $2,439.00 in U.S. currency seized from me on June 20, 2012, was not used or intended for use in the course of, derived from, or realized through criminal activity. 4. The $2,439.00 in U.S. currency seized from me on June 20, 2012, was money that was given to me as a gift by my mother, Ellen Schra-meyer, in two checks amounting of [sic] $3,000.00 each, drawn on the Southern Commercial Bank and dated June 16, 2012, and June 19, 2012. 5. Attached hereto as exhibits # 1 and # 2 are true and correct copies of the checks and cashing endorsements. 6. The money from these two checks was given to me by my mother to help me pay child support and my living expenses. It was not used or intended for use in the course of, derived from, or realized through criminal activity. [Emphasis added.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State ex rel. Forrest K. Wegge, Plaintiff/Respondent v. Keith E. Schrameyer

2. “a court on its own motion, may take judicial notice of its own records in prior proceedings which are between the same parties on the same basic facts involving the same general claims for relief[,]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re XDG