Reese v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. A defendant in a criminal case who intends to offer evidence of an alibi in his defense shall, not less than 10 days before trial or at such other time as the court may direct, file and serve upon the district attorney a written notice of his intention to claim such alibi, which notice shall contain specific information as to the place at which the defendant claims to have been at the time of the alleged offense and, as particularly as are known to defendant or his attorney, the names and addresses of the witnesses by whom he proposes to establish such alibi.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Eckert v. State · McKenna v. State

2. “testified that he had had `previous contacts' with [the accused] and his brother.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Manning v. Warden, Nevada State Prison

3. “[t]here was no description of or further reference to these contacts ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Manning v. Warden, Nevada State Prison