State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The committed person or the superintendent of a hospital where the person is committed may file an application in the court where the person was tried, seeking an order releasing him conditionally or unconditionally. Copies of the application shall be served personally or by certified mail upon the superintendent of the hospital unless he files the application, the committed person unless he files the application, the director of the department of mental health, and the prosecuting or circuit attorney of the county where the committed person was tried and acquitted. The committed person shall be released by order of the court unless either the superintendent of the hospital or the prosecuting or circuit attorney shall, within ten days after the service upon the last one of the two persons, file a written objection thereto. Within a reasonable period of time after such written objection is filed, which period shall not exceed sixty days unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties, the court shall hold a hearing upon notice to the confined person, the superintendent of the hospital, the director of the department of mental health, and the prosecuting or circuit attorney of the county where the person was tried. [Emphasis added]”

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