State v. Simmons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Reputation is the evidence of character, and character is not to be established by the opinions or conclusions of witnesses, nor by the personal knowledge of the witness or by particular acts or circumstances, but, in the respect involved, is proved by evidence of the general reputation which one bears in the locality where he resides as to that particular trait.” (p. 801.)”

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