Wright v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A. Yes sir, I did. I compared the hair that I had taken out of the evidence box with the hair that I found on the floor. “Q. Did you actually take this out of the evidence box yourself ? “A. Yes sir, I did. “Q. You opened it and took it out, yourself ? “A. Yes sir; that’s correct. * * * ❖ * * “Q. All right. * * * State what you did with the sample of hair, Mr. Maupin ? “A. I took the sample of hair, mounted it on a slide and examined it. And it was characteristic of human hair. “Q. Did you compare it with any other hair ? “A. Yes, I compared it with hair from the deceased. "Q. All right. * * * And what is, your opinion concerning that comparison? “A. The comparison showed that the hair found in Room 2, was similar to the hair from the deceased, in color and in texture.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 49 Ala. App. 563 - Harnage v. State