Sandoval v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We think there can be no sort of doubt but that these authorities establish, beyond question, that, in order for appellant to have had considered his ground of motion attacking the verdict of the jury on any matter extrinsic the record itself, as a matter of pleading, he must support it by his own affidavit or the affidavit of some one else specifically • showing the truth of the grounds of attack. And when it is not so sworn to or supported, it presents no question requiring the lower court to consider or investigate it.”

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