Ex Parte Binette’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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. ““No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another State shall be recognized by the Governor unless in writing, alleging . that the accused was present in the demanding State at the time of the commission of the alleged crime, and that thereafter he fled from the State, and accompanied by a copy of an indictment found or by information supported by affidavit in the State having jurisdiction of the crime, . . .””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Wammack · Ex Parte Dumas

2. ““We have concluded that the demand * * * does not require the affidavit * * * to be made before a magistrate.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Wammack · Ex Parte Dumas

3. ““ . . . where a person charged with a felony in the demanding state may be extradited from Texas upon an affidavit before a magistrate and warrant issued thereon, the question of whether, upon his return to the demanding state, he is to be prosecuted upon an indictment or information is not a question for the courts of Texas to decide in extradition proceedings, but a question for the courts of the demanding state.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Wammack