State v. Houston’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Notwithstanding the appellant’s failure to prosecute his appeal and point out specifically wherein the trial court erred, we have,,in order to discharge our duty as. outlined above, carefully examined the entire record for fundamental error. It would serve no useful purpose to recite the sordid facts. Suffice it to say that the information properly charged the offense * ' * * ; the trial ’ appears to have been regular in all respects; there Was ample evidence to support the jury’s verdict that appellant was guilty of the offense charged; and the court’s instructions to the jury were full, clear and correct. Hence we find nothing in the record which would justify a disturbance of the verdict and judgment in this case.” State v. Houston, 80 Ariz. 86, 88 , 292 P.2d 1077, 1079 (1956).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Cooper · State v. Tapp

2. ““No criminal appeal shall be dismissed if sufficient .matter or substance is contained in the record to enable this court to decide the . appeal on its merits”

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

3. ““Upon an appeal taken by a defendant from-'the judgment, the supreme court shall review the entire record.””

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