Holt v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
May 1989
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pannell v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(B) A lawyer shall not accept employment in contemplated or pending litigation if he knows or it is obvious that he or a lawyer in-his firm ought to be called as a witness, except that he may undertake the employment and he or a lawyer in his firm may testify: ⅜ * * * * * (2) If the testimony will relate solely to a matter of formality and there is no reason to believe that substantial evidence will be offered in opposition to the testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Randell v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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