Sevigny v. Langlois’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““Every person who shall be indicted for any of the crimes named in §12-13-5, and shall be imprisoned under the indictment, shall be tried or bailed within six (6) months next after the time at which he shall plead to such indictment, if he demand. a trial, unless it shall appear to the court that some material witness in behalf of the state has been enticed away or is prevented from attending court by some unavoidable accident.” “19 Q I ask you whether or not the name Nicholas Palmigiano means anything to you? “19 Q I ask you whether or not the name Nicholas Palmigiano means anything to you? A In what way? 20 Q Have you heard that name before? A Yes. 21 Q Do you know anybody with that name who may be present in the courtroom? A Yes. 22 Q Would you point him out? A Right there. MR. MULLIGAN: Would the record indicate he’s pointing to the defendant. 23 Q And on October 14th of 1968, did you have occasion to see Mr. Palmigiano? A Yes. 24 Q Would you tell us where, please?””

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