State v. Brooks’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““After abundant evidence had been introduced to prove that the defendant’s building had been used as a place where intoxicating liquors were sold in violation of law, the state was permitted over the defendant’s objection to show that such illegal use was a .matter of general reputation in the community, and this ruling is complained of as error. Of course the state could not have been permitted to show that the place in question was commonly reputed to be a liquor nuisance for the purpose of establishing that it was such in fact; but when sufficient proof had otherwise been made of its real character evidence that such character was a matter of public notoriety was competent, as bearing upon the probability of notice thereof having reached the defendant, who was engaged in business in a neighboring building. ’ ’”

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

2. ““The prohibition can not reasonably be construed as absolutely forbidding the court and jury to take any thought whatever regarding such omission of the defendant — to deny it entrance to the mind in any aspect. Such a requirement would-be impracticable.” (p. 179.)”

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