Torbett v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““While we are of the opinion that the Court’s decision affirming the conviction in Le Blanc v. State, supra, was correct, we are constrained to think that in the light of the overwhelming guilt of the defendant, as reflected by the record in that case, the Court should have recognized that while it was error to allow the prosecutor to elicit from the defendant testimony relating to prior bond forfeitures in Municipal Court, such error was not so prejudicial as to require a reversal.”

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

2. ““We do not believe that a bond forfeiture, intentional or otherwise, in Municipal Court, is tantamount to a conviction. A bond forfeiture is by its very nature a civil proceeding and does not terminate the criminal proceedings pending against the accused.””

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

3. ““A person forfeiting a bond is subject to arrest on a bench warrant and may be placed on trial notwithstanding the forfeiture.””

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