Cooper v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Q. (By defense counsel) All right. The stuff you found in the plastic bag, did it have any stalks in it? Do you recall? “A. I don’t recall. “Q. You don’t recall. What were the leaves — what did they look like or what — -was it leaves? How did you know it was leaves? “A. It was chopped up. “Q. It was chopped up real fine, wasn’t it? “A. Well, not real fine. It had some bulky material in it. I am sure it had some stems in it. “Q. A minute ago, you were saying you didn’t remember. Now, which is it? “A. Well, the fact that there were also a couple of marihuana cigarettes in there. “Q. Well, how do you know they were marihuana cigarettes? “A. I assume that they were. “Q. You assume they were? “A. Yes, sir. “Q. You are using the same — same basis that this is what you assumed those to be marihuana cigarettes, you are using that as the same basis of what you thought was in that sack, too, right? “A. Yes, sir.””

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