525 So. 2d 799 - Ryan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The purpose of the Uniform Criminal rule 4.06 is to avoid unfair surprise to either the State or the defendant at trial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 599 So. 2d 930 - Rogers v. State · 566 So. 2d 469 - Williams v. State

2. “Every person is competent to be a witness except as restricted by Miss.Code § 13-1-5 (competency of spouses) and § 13-1-11 (persons convicted of perjury or [subornation] of perjury), or by these rules.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 729 So. 2d 1255 - Bailey v. State

3. “A person is guilty of sexual battery if he or she engages in sexual penetration with: (a) Another person without his or her consent.”

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