Noble v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In Noble v. State, 552 P.2d 142, 144 , Opinion No. 1286, (Alaska, 1976), we said: Whether eyewitnesses testimony alone can support a criminal conviction depends upon the credibility of the prosecuting witness. It is axiomatic .that the trier of fact, before whom the witness testifies and is cross-examined, is the proper judge of the credibility of the witness and the weight to be given to his testimony.”

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

2. “A person who commits a lewd or lascivious act, including an act constituting another crime, upon or with the body of a child under 16 years of age, intending to arouse, appeal to, or gratify his lust, passions, or sexual desires, or the lust, passions, or sexual desires of the child is punishable by imprisonment for not more than 10 years nor less than one year.”

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

3. “We note that a trial judge should certainly be furnished wherever possible with the factual situation involved in a prior conviction. If the facts as set forth in the sentencing report are challenged by the defendant, only those facts which appear of record could be considered by the trial court in the absence of direct eye-witness testimony. See Criminal Rule 32(c)(2). See also Galaktionoff v. State, 486 P.2d 919, 924 (Alaska 1971); Himon v. State, 508 P. 2d 526 , 527 n. 1 (Alaska 1973).”

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