Price v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e have thoroughly reviewed the closing argument of the prosecutor and are of the opinion that the complained of argument was reasonable argument of the evidence introduced in this case.... The right of argument contemplates a liberal freedom of speech, and the range of discussion, illustration, and argumentation is wide. Counsel for both the State and defendant have a right to discuss fully from their standpoint the evidence, and the inferences and deductions arising therefrom.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carol v. State · Jones v. State

2. ““The question of excessiveness of punishment must be determined by a study of all the facts and circumstances in each particular case, and the Court of Criminal Appeals does not have the power to modify a sentence Unless we can conscientiously say that under all facts and circumstances the sentence is so excessive as to shock the conscience of the court.””

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