Fry v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"You, the jury must be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt of the accuracy of the identification of the defendant before you may convict him. If you are not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was the person who committed the crime, you must find the defendant not guilty. Identification testimony is an expression of belief or impression by the witness. Its value depends on the opportunity the witness had to observe the offender at the time of the offense and to make a reliable identification later. In appraising the identification testimony of a witness, you should consider the following: (1) Are you convineed that the witness had the capacity and an adequate opportunity to observe the offender? (2) Are you satisfied that the identification made by the witness subsequent to the offense was the product of his own recollection? (8) Finally, you must consider the credibility of each identification witness in the same way as any other witness, consider whether he is truthful, and consider whether he had the capacity and opportunity to make a reliable observation on the matter covered in his testimony."”

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

2. “The Defendant being indigent shall not be imprisoned for failure to pay any such costs and fine.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Whedon v. State