Roberts v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““[A]ppellant has not alleged, either at trial or on appeal, any harm from being tried before his co-defendants. The purpose of an ‘order of trial provision’ is to allow one defendant to use the testimony of a co-defendant at his trial. The record shows that appellant’s co-defendant Val Berea testified on appellant’s behalf at length without asserting his right against self-incrimination. There is no indication that appellant attempted to obtain the testimony of co-defendant Chris Mills but was unable to because of the order of trial.””

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

2. ““If a severance is granted, the defendants may agree upon the order in which they are to be tried, but if they fail to agree, the court shall direct the order of the trial.””

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