McGee v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““To publish; utter; transfer; circulate; impose fraudulently. This is the meaning of the word when the offense of passing counterfeit money or a forged paper is spoken of. “ ‘Pass,’ ‘utter,’ ‘publish’ and ‘sell’ are in some respects convertible terms, and in a given case, ‘pass’ may include utter, publish, and sell. The words ‘uttering’ and ‘passing’ used of notes, do not necessarily import that they are transferred as genuine. The words include any delivery of a note to another for value, with the intent that it shall be put into circulation as money. When used in connection with negotiable instrument means to deliver, to circulate, to hand from one person to another. Black’s Law Dictionary 1123, (6th ed.1990).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Parker v. State

2. ““(A) to alter, make, complete, execute, or authenticate any writing so that it purports: [[Image here]] “(i) to be the act of another who did not authorize that act; [[Image here]] “(B) to issue, transfer, register the transfer of, pass, publish, or otherwise utter a writing that is forged within the meaning of Paragraph (A); ...” Penal Code, Section 32.21(a)(1).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Parker v. State

3. “that “pass” in the forgery statute means to offer the forged instrument, and it does not require a showing that the defendant actually received consideration in exchange for [it].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. McClellan v. State