Stott 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 are persuaded by the logic of Whatley v. State, 685 N.E.2d 48, 50 (Ind. 1997), which held that the in-court pronouncement prevails over subsequent contradictory language. Here, the trial court obviously and unmistakably stated on the record that Stott was acquitted on Count One. It is elementary that the trial court be bound by its judgment."”

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

2. “The trial court's broad discretion in determining the conditions of probation is limited only by the principle that the conditions must be reasonably related to the treatment of the defendant and protection of public safety.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Joshua J. Kelp v. State of Indiana