Solomon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

129 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 129 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense committed; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Winfrey, Megan AKA Megan Winfrey Hammond · Davis v. State

2. “'if the appellate court, after examining the record as a whole, has fair assurance that the error did not influence the jury, or had but a slight effect.'”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morris v. State · Gonzalez v. State

3. “The accomplice-witness rule is not based upon federal or state constitutional notions of sufficiency.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Winfrey, Megan AKA Megan Winfrey Hammond · Rodriguez v. State