State v. Clark’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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When an indictment or information jointly charges two or more defendants, those defendants may be tried jointly if in the discretion of the court a joint trial will not result in prejudice to one or more of the parties. Otherwise, defendants shall be tried separately. When jointly tried, defendants shall be adjudged separately on each count.”

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

2. “[w]e will reverse a trial court's refusal to grant a motion for separate trials only if a defendant demonstrates an abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Iowa v. Lee Samuel Christensen