State v. Hook’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The section of the act upon which this indictment is founded, is in the following language: ‘Every person who shall corruptly promise, or give to any executive, legislative, or judicial officer, after his election or appointment, either before, or after he shall have been qualified or shall have taken his seat, any gift, or gratuity whatever, with intent to influence his act, vote, opinion, decision, or judgment on any matter, cause or proceeding, which may be then pending, or may by law come, or be brought before him, in his official capacity, shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary, not less than two, nor exceeding ten years.’ “We think that in order to consummate the crime under this act, it must be shown, that the cause or proceeding was pending before the officer, at the time the gift, or promise was made; or that the cause, or proceeding, was afterwards instituted before the officer or so instituted, that in the ordinary mode of proceeding, the same would come before him.””

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

2. ““Nothing which is material to the charge will be taken by intendment. In criminal cases all presumptions go in favor of innocence. The accused cannot be presumed to know and be apprised of that which is not clearly set forth. It devolves upon the pleader to set forth facts which bring the accused within the terms of the statute, [citing cases] Thus it is that neither the court nor the defendant is required to go beyond the information in order to ascertain the crime with which defendant is charged, nor to guess or speculate upon the meaning. * * * ””

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

3. ““Persons accused of committing offenses against the laws of this state, except as may be otherwise provided by law, shall be prosecuted: (1) In the county in which the offense is committed; or (2) If the offense is committed partly in one county and partly in another, or if the elements of the crime occur in more than one county, then in any of the counties where any element of the offense occurred.””

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