State v. Edgar’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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “This point states Mr. Duke gave a polygraph examination to J.C., and although the jury knew nothing about the polygraph test, “it could have been assumed or presumed by the jury that said witness was a polygraphist and that statements of the victim to which he testified would have been assumed to be true by the jury.” This point is totally without factual foundation or merit. No error, plain or otherwise, can be found.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edgar v. Trickey