Robinson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 20 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘The defense of entrapment, like self-defense, is an affirmative one * * * and before it can be considered by the jury, there must appear some evidence which, if believed, would reasonably tend to establish the fact that defendant was lured into the commission of the crime by officers.’ ””

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

2. ““ ‘Q. Then in 1959, five years after 1954. Mr. Robinson, your parole was revoked for the commission of another crime, wasn’t it? “ ‘A. No sir, it was not. “ ‘Q. It was not? And did you not return to the Huntsville Penitentiary? “ ‘A. My parole was revoked, but not for a conviction of a felony. “ ‘Q. What was your parole revoked for? Was it the crime of Indecent Exposure? “ ‘A. No sir, it was not.’ ” (Emphasis added. Tr. 94).”

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

3. ““The purpose of cross-examining a defendant regarding former convictions is to affect his credibility as a witness. As long as the questioning does not place undue emphasis on the prior convictions and consequently adversely affect the jury, then such questioning will not be grounds for a reversal. Accordingly, we find this proposition meritless.””

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