Marks v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

112 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 112 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although a confession of error by the Attorney General is entitled to great weight, it does not relieve this court of the obligation to perform our judicial function. The public interest in criminal appeals does not permit their disposition by party stipulation. We must therefore independently review the proceedings below to insure that the error confessed is supported by the record on appeal and has legal foundation.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. J.C.W. v. State · Boles v. State

2. “In order to assess a claim of due process deprivation, the governmental interest in postponing accusation must be weighed, against the defendant’s interest in early notice of the charges against him. In sum, both the absence of a valid reason for preaccusation delay and the fact of prejudice must be established in order to support a due process claim.”

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

3. “Such statutes represent legislative assessments of when a defendant’s right to a fair trial should be presumed prejudiced because of dilatory accusation. They also provide a degree of predictability which cannot be duplicated in judicial decision.”

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