Mead v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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. “It is not everything that takes place in the absence of a defendant upon trial for which a reversal should be ordered. There must be an actual showing of injury or a showing of facts from which injury might reasonably be inferred.”

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

2. “lost or destroyed portion of the record other than the statement of facts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Chatham