Buis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A. The district attorney shall subscribe his name to informations filed in the district court and endorse thereon the names and last known addresses of all the witnesses known to him at the time of filing the same, if intended to be called by him at preliminary examination or at trial. Thereafter, he shall also endorse thereon the names and last-known addresses of such other witnesses as may afterwards become known to him, if they are intended to be called as witnesses at a preliminary examination or at trial, at such time as the court may by rule prescribe. All informa-tions shall be verified by the oath of the prosecuting attorney, complainant or some other person. Upon filing of a verified application by the district attorney, notice to defense counsel, and hearing establishing need for witness protection or preservation of the integrity of evidence, the district court may excuse witness endorsement, or some part thereof. Such proceedings shall be conducted in camera, and the record shall be sealed and filed in the office of the district court clerk, and shall not be opened except by order of the district court. B. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, when a law enforcement officer issues a citation or ticket as the basis for a complaint or information, for violation of law declared to be a misdemeanor, the citation or ticket shall be properly verified if: 1. The issuing officer subscribes the officer’s signature on the citation, ticket or complaint to the following st”

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