State v. Kott’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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. “[h]ere the trial judge neither heard all of the evidence against respondent nor concluded that a reasonable jury could not find him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt based upon that evidence. Rather, he concluded that a judgment of acquittal previously entered in favor of a codefendant barred trial of [Kott] under the doctrine of collateral estoppel.”

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

2. “[Generally judgments of acquittal are not reviewable on appeal by the state. Both the state and federal constitutional prohibitions against placing a defendant twice in jeopardy insulate him from an appeal from a judgment of acquittal however erroneous the trial judge’s view of the facts or the law.”

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

3. “It is ... not necessary for us to consider defendant's argument that this court lacks jurisdiction to hear this matter as a petition for review ... [given the court's determination that it could treat the petition as an appeal].”

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