State v. Patterson’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. “"A party desiring to recuse a trial judge shall file a written motion therefor assigning the ground for recusation. The motion shall be filed prior to commencement of the trial unless the party discovers the facts constituting the ground for recusation thereafter, in which event it shall be filed immediately after the facts are discovered, but prior to verdict or judgment. If a valid ground for recusation is set forth in the motion, the judge shall either recuse himself, or refer the motion for hearing to another judge or to a judge ad hoc, as provided in Article 675."”

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

2. “We find that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in refusing to refer the motion to another judge for hearing. * * * * * * Our review of the transcript of the entire proceedings, especially the trial itself, indicates that the trial judge was even— handed throughout the trial, and that counsel's apprehensions over his ability to obtain a fair trial were mistaken.”

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