Ingram v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Finally it is contended that the two previous convictions were void, therefore, Ingram could not be guilty of violating the Habitual Criminal Act. The claimed invalidity of the previous convictions is that Ingram was not represented by counsel in either of those cases. “The record of the last trial reveals that the clerk of the court produced the two judgments, each showing the conviction, but neither of them indicated whether the defendant was or was not represented by counsel. Counsel for appellant did not interrogate the clerk nor did he introduce any evidence to show lack of counsel. We must presume that ‘ * * * the proceedings were correct and the burden rests on the accused to show otherwise.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ingram v. Wingo

2. ““Rawlings v. Commonwealth, 191 Ky. 401 , 230 S.W. 529 (1921) is dispositive of this issue. There it was held that an indictment listing former convictions need not contain the words ‘against the peace and dignity of the commonwealth’ after each accusatory part of the indictment and that it is sufficient if that statement appears at the close of the indictment. The indictment now under consideration complies with section 123 of the Kentucky Constitution.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scillion v. Commonwealth