State v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice, unless it is corroborated by such other evidence as tends to convict the defendant of the commission of the offense, and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense or the circumstances thereof.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. BARRIENTOS-QUINTANA · State v. Smith

2. “have long held that evidence is sufficient to corroborate an accomplice's testimony 'when it is weighty enough to restore confidence in the truth of the accomplice's testimony.'”

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

3. “have a duty to instruct juries on accomplice testimony in any criminal case in which it is reasonable to consider any witness against the defendant to be an accomplice.”

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