Cline v. State’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. ““[4] Under these circumstances, the trial court should have required defense counsel to make sufficient showing that there was not substantial compliance with the statutes, but such was not done. Instead, the trial court entered its order without any indication being made, whether or not the ballots were folded.” 438 P.2d at 306 .”

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

2. ““Before the name of any juror is drawn, the box must be closed and shaken, so as to intermingle the ballots therein. The clerk must then, without looking at the ballots, draw them from the box.””

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