Gardner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “by requiring the appellant to show some error, we ensure that the court, not the parties decides the law.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Newman v. State · State v. Thomas

2. “When the State concedes error, we are nonetheless duty bound to review the facts and apply the law correctly. Were we to accept a concession as dispositive of an issue, we would effectively abdicate our judicial function in favor of a party.”

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

3. “[wlere we to accept a concession as dispositive of an issue, we would effectively abdicate our judicial function in favor of a party.”

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