State v. Selby’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 9 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““We have examined the instructions that were given. They are lengthy, and properly cover every issue in the case. We find that they were fair to the defendant. When the trial court covers properly every issue in the case with the instructions that are given, it is not error to refuse to give additional charges requested by the parties, although they state the law correctly. The trial judge has a right to charge the jury in his own language, and, if he instructs properly on every issue, he need not give charges requested by the parties.””

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

2. ““I think these authorities clearly show that to constitute an assault there must be an intentional attempt to do injury to the person of another by violence, and that such attempt must be coupled with a present ability to do the injury attempted.””

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

3. ““An assault is an intentional attempt by one person by force or violence, to do an injury to the person of another, coupled with a present ability to carry that intention into effect.””

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