Ringham v. State’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. “we look to the jury instructions as a whole to determine if they were adequate.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State · Brown v. State

2. “Ringham contends that, if Judge Murphy was sitting as a commissioner, [IC § 33-5.1-2-27(d) ] required him to transfer the proceedings back to Judge Pratt when Ringham objected to his presiding. We need not resolve this claim because we do not agree that Judge Murphy was sitting as a commissioner.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Capehart v. Capehart

3. “not required to present any evidence to prove his innocence or to prove or explain anything.”

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