Ex Parte Roberts’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The judge in his discretion could properly take that [punishment] into consideration in fixing bail at an amount sufficiently high to give ‘reasonable assurance’ that the appellant would be present in court to answer the charge in the indictment.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex parte Cash · Ex parte Haywood

2. ““Rules for fixing amount of bail “The amount of bail to be required in any case is to be regulated by the court, judge, magistrate or officer taking the bail; they are to be governed in the exercise of this discretion by the Constitution and by the following rules: ‘1. The bail shall be sufficiently high to give reasonable assúrance that the undertaking will be complied with. ‘2. The power to require bail is not to be so used as to make it an instrument of oppression. ‘3. The nature of the offense and the circumstances under which it was committed are to be considered. ‘4. The ability to make bail is to be regarded, and proof may be taken upon this point.’ ””

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