Proctor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"Q. I think you described it to me that you came to the conclusion, or became convinced, as to the identity of Proctor as being the man out there when a chain of pieces or circumstances that fell into place, that you were able finally to conclude in your mind that this was Proctor? A. Yes, sir. Q. Of course, all of this that you've described, you jostled your memory to where you were able to positively say that was Proctor? A. I say I exercised my channels of thought, and stronger and stronger with the days that went by I was more sure of it. I had satisfied myself that it was. Q. Of course, without all of this investigation, you might never have satisfied your mind that way. A. No, I don't think I would have."”

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

2. “unable to conclude that there was clear and convincing proof that the in-court identification was of independent origin.”

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

3. “It didn't register on my mind that that was J.B. Proctor. Just no more than I got to see him.”

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