Phillips v. Wyrick’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 federal appellate · 1 district · 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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an incidental advantage which must sometimes give way to considerations of public policy and the necessities of the case.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Kellogg · Dorsey v. Parke

2. “to petitioner. We disagree. 20 In the circumstances we are not persuaded that the absence of a judicial record of (Mr. Pittman's) preliminary hearing testimony was unduly prejudicial to the petitioner's right of confrontation. The purpose of a written record is to preserve the accuracy of testimony, and its use would be particularly appropriate where the prior testimony of an unavailable witness is introduced at trial. However, reliance upon a written record is not the only means of fulfilling the mission of the confrontation clause and assuring that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morrow v. Wyrick

3. “The factors set forth as determinative were that at the preliminary hearing the witness was under oath; the defendant was represented by counsel, the same counsel, in fact, who later represented him at trial; the defendant had every opportunity to cross-examine the witness as to his statements; and the proceeding was conducted before a judicial tribunal equipped to provide a record of the hearing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Worring v. State