Ex Parte Lawson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a defendant has been detained in custody or held to bail for his appearance to answer any criminal accusation before the district court, the prosecution, unless otherwise ordered by the court, for good cause shown, supported by affidavit, shall be dismissed and the bail discharged, if indictment or information be not presented against such defendant at the next term of the court which is held after his commitment or admission to bail.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Steinmetz v. State · Easley v. State

2. “As statutes go this is not overly difficult to understand. The prosecution of the defendant shall be dismissed unless the indictment ... is presented against the defendant at the next term of court.”

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