McClellan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To affirm this conviction we would be required to find, contrary to the trial court’s ruling, that appellant was not deprived of a constitutional right and it was not fundamental error to require him to appear before the grand jury that found the indictment against him.... We conclude, without passing upon the trial court’s ruling, that the proper disposition of this appeal is to reverse the conviction and remand the cause.... (emphasis added)”

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