State v. Reese’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 13 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A witness must answer questions legal and pertinent to the matter in issue, though his answer may establish a claim against himself; but he need not give an answer which will have a tendency to subject him to punishment for felony; nor need he give an answer which will have a direct tendency to degrade his character, unless it is to the very fact in issue or to a fact from which the fact in issue would be presumed. But a witness must answer as to the fact of his previous conviction for a felony.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sadleir v. Young, Sheriff

2. ““In case the defendant shall refuse or neglect to give such security as will be ordered by the court, he shall be committed to the jail of the county, there to remain until he shall comply with such order, or until otherwise discharged in due course of law. Any person so committed may be discharged for insolvency or inability to give bond, provided that such discharge shall not he made within one year after such commitment.””

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

3. ““It may be proper upon cross-examination of the accused, if he denies having had sexual intercourse with the prosecutrix, to show his conduct and inclination toward the prosecutrix for a reasonable time prior to the alleged intercourse, but this is only proper as showing the probability of the alleged intercourse” (italics added),”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sadleir v. Young, Sheriff