Rowell v. Smith’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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the demurrer is sustained, the judgment is final upon the indictment or information demurred to, and is a bar to another prosecution for the same offense, unless the court, being of opinion that the objection on which the demurrer is sustained may be avoided in a new indictment or information, direct the case to be resubmitted to the same or another grand jury, or that a new information be filed.”

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

2. “We are of the opinion that to attempt to apply the statute [§ 1733] and harmonize it with the other provisions of the penal code would be impossible since the statute is so broad in its scope and vague in its application.”

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

3. “It is readily apparent from even the most cursory examination of the new statute, that a literal interpretation would by implication, repeal many prior statutes concerning larceny, robbery by fear, embezzlement, etc.”

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