White v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The constitutional prohibition against ‘double jeopardy was designed to protect an individual from being subjected to the hazards of trial and possible conviction more than once for an alleged offense ... The underlying idea, one that is deeply ingrained in at least the Anglo-American system of jurisprudence, is that the State with all its resources and power should not be allowed to make repeated attempts to convict an individual for an alleged offense, thereby subjecting him to embarrassment, expense and ordeal and compelling him to live in a continuing state of anxiety and insecurity, as well as enhancing the possibility that even though innocent he may be found guilty.”

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

2. “no person shall be for the same offense twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Willis