State v. Bendickson’s Empirical Analysis

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2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It is a well settled rule . . . that, where either party introduces part of an act, occurrence, or transaction, . . . the opposing party is entitled to introduce or to inquire into other parts of the whole thereof, in order to explain or rebut adverse inferences which might arise from the fragmentary or incomplete character of the evidence introduced by his adversary, or prove his version with reference thereto." State v. Odom, supra at 711 , quoting from 22A C.J.S. Criminal Law § 660c (1961); See also State v. Bendickson, 498 S.W.2d 593 (Mo.App.1973).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Granberry