State v. Maresch’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““ * * * On the other hand, the jury was confronted with the question of whether the blow resulting in the injury was administered accidentally or by criminal violence. Thus to some extent the answer of the witness must naturally bear directly upon one of the questions that the jury must determine. In ruling upon the question the trial court was confronted with the dilemma of letting the jury in a sense speculate with respect to an important question or permitting them to be aided in their determination by the expression of the opinion of a medical expert.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Carroll

2. ““An allegation of attempt to commit a crime implies two things, an intent and an overt act which tends directly toward but falls short of actual commission.” State v. Maresch, 75 N.D. 229 , 27 N.W.2d 1 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Anderson