State v. Aikers’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. “It is not only the right of the defendant to be present, but is a duty which the statute imposes upon him, and he usually will not be permitted to take advantage of his own misconduct when he has voluntarily absented himself from the trial. It is one thing for him to absent himself when he is at liberty and can voluntarily do so, and quite another thing for the court to deprive him of any substantial right against his protest.... A defendant is entitled to be safeguarded in every constitutional right, but should not be permitted to so juggle with such rights as to embarrass and delay the courts or to defeat the ends of justice.”

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

2. “The decisions turn on the question of whether the defendant was voluntarily absent at such times. In such cases it is generally held that the defendant cannot by his voluntary act invalidate the proceedings. [Citations omitted.]”

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

3. “In criminal prosecutions the accused shall have the right to appear and defend in person and by counsel ...”

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