State v. Davidson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the design of the Code of 1932 was to make all offenses subject to prosecution upon presentment.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stoots v. State · Hayslip v. State

2. ““But such has not been the practice in the State of Tennessee. Here, when the grand jury or any one of their body, is cognizant of an offense, the practice is to inform the attorney general thereof, in the first instance, who prepares a bill of indictment upon the information, which is delivered to the grand jury and is by them returned, instead of the old informal presentment; the consequence is that the only difference between a presentment thus made and a bill of indictment is that the presentment is signed by all the jurors and the bill of indictment only by the foreman. This will explain why the presentment in this case is in the form of a bill of indictment.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stoots v. State

3. ““The grand jury shall have inquisitorial powers over all indictable or presentable offenses committed or triable within the county. ’ ’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hayslip v. State