Capes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““2. To warrant change of venue on grounds that fair trial cannot be had in the county it must appear that inhabitants of [the] county have fixed opinion as to quilt of the accused to the extent that accused cannot have a fair trial by impartial jury. “3. Mere fact that there has been widespread adverse pretrial publicity about defendant does not, by itself, establish reasonable probability that defendant cannot obtain a fair and impartial jury at criminal trial.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Robertson v. State · Batie v. State

2. ““ * * * a preliminary hearing is not a trial and does not require sufficient evidence to convict the defendant, but only to show that a crime was committed and the probability that the defendant at the bar may have committed the crime.””

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