Bass v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ . . . [T]he defendant’s unqualified plea of guilty waived any objection the defendant might have to the defense of former jeopardy.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dunson v. State · Davis v. State

2. ““ ‘Constitutional immunity from second jeopardy is a personal privilege for the sole benefit of the accused. It may be waived by express consent or by implication from conduct indicative of consent or by failure to claim or assert the right in seasonable time.’ ” (Emphasis added)”

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

3. ““ Where there has been a plea of guilty to separate crimes the claim of double jeopardy based upon the dual charges is waived.’ ””

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