State v. Tindall’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “* * * * * “If, upon consideration of all the evidence, you have a reasonable doubt of the defendant’s guilt, you should acquit; but a doubt to authorize an acquittal on that ground ought to be a substantial doubt touching the defendant’s guilt, and not a mere possibility of the defendant’s innocence.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Taylor · State v. Bynum

2. ““The law in this state as it existed at the time this cause was tried, and as it exists now, continues to be that a burden of proof instruction in a criminal case is not made erroneous by the omission therefrom of a specific statement that the burden of proof is on the state, provided the hypotheses of ‘presumption of innocence’ and ‘reasonable doubt’ are clearly stated. State v. Barton, 361 Mo. 780 , 236 S.W.2d 596 (banc 1931); State v. Washington, 364 S.W.2d 572, 576 (Mo.1963); State v. Wilfong, 438 S.W.2d 265, 266 (Mo.1969), cert. den., 396 U. S. 995 , 90 S.Ct. 496 , 24 L.Ed.2d 460 .””

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

3. “. plain error Rule 27.20(c) is “particularity appropriate”, State v. Randall, 476 S.W.2d 593 (Mo.1972), [where a self-defense instruction was also challenged] and that the alleged error directly involves the constitutionally guaranteed rights of the defendant to a fair trial.”

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