Dickson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 20 state decisions

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

1. ““This is an unsightly literary blemish, but not a grave legal infirmity. In school the composition would not pass, but it may be tolerated in the courthouse. The meaning is clear, though the verbal in accuracy is glaring. We may regret that those who write affidavits and warrants guard their pronouns with so little vigilance, but we cannot hold, as matter of law, that tlieir bad grammar, vitiates the documents.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Covington v. People · Walden v. United States Parole Commission

2. ““An affidavit complying with the following form shall, in all cases, be sufficient: Georgia, ................ County. “Personally came A. B., who on oath says that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, C. D. did, on the .... day of............... in the year ....... in the county aforesaid, commit the offense of (insert here all information describing offense * * * ) and this deponent makes this affidavit that a warrant may issue for his arrest. A. B. * * *” § 27-104 [1965 Supp.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nicholson v. United States