Beckley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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. “The presumption in Schaible that a statute adopted from Oregon was adopted with the interpretation placed upon it by the Oregon Supreme Court prior to adoption will not apply where, as here, the statute being considered is clear and unambiguous and the Oregon court’s interpretation of the statute, without support of any reasoning, is obviously contrary to the express wording of the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Domer v. Sleeper

2. “Considering the facts in the record most favorable to the state and such reasonable inferences as the jury may have drawn from them [the question is whether] * * * fair minded men in the exercise of reasonable judgment could have differed on the question of whether appellant’s guilt had been established beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

3. “(a) A person authorized by law to take an oath or affirmation, or a person whose oath or affirmation is required by law, who willfully and falsely swears or affirms in regard to a matter concerning which an oath or affirmation is authorized or required, is guilty of perjury. (Emphasis added)”

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