People v. McWhorter’s Empirical Analysis
1892
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 1940
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Baker v. State · Sullivan v. People · Crilley v. State
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The charge of the court was based upon the theory that if the jury found that the people had made a case which convinced them beyond a reasonable doubt that the respondent was guilty as charged, then the burden of proof shifted, and it was incumbent upon the respondent to introduce evidence to restore the presumption of innocence. This is not so in criminal trials. The burden is always upon the people during the whole trial to prove the respondent guilty as charged.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. People v. Meisel
How this case has been treated — in progress
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