Mouser v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It first should be determined whether Priddy was an accomplice. A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the commission of the offense. RCr 9.62. If Priddy was an accomplice as a matter of law, the court should have instructed the jury to that effect. * * If there was a reasonable doubt as to whether he was an accomplice, the jury should have determined the question under a proper instruction. * * * If as a matter of law Priddy was not an accomplice, the court should have declined to present the issue to the jury."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Commonwealth

2. ““. . . whether he could have been convicted as a principal, aider and abettor, or accessory before the fact.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dowdle v. Commonwealth