State v. Sowards’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

71 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 71 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[t]he violation of the order of exclusion does not in itself make the witness incompetent to testify.” State v. Sowards, 99 Ariz. 22, 26 , 406 P.2d 202, 204 (1965).”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Schlaefli · 4 Ariz. App. 496 - Allison v. Ovens

2. ““Because a defendant appears in person before the trial judge, the trial judge is, in most instances, better able than we to evaluate him and to determine what .is necessary to rehabilitate him to constructive activity. It is for this reason that the legislature has given the trial court wide discretion to sentence a defendant for a period somewhere between a statutory minimum and a statutory maximum. * * We have traditionally been prone to uphold a sentence declared by a trial judge when it is in conformity with the statute and there is no clear evidence that he has abused his power in the particular case.””

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

3. ““Defendant did not deny the prior conviction on the stand, nor did he make a demand that the prosecutor make proof by showing certified copies of the judgment of conviction. Failure on the .part of defense counsel to object to the evidence was a waiver, and he cannot now assign this as error, as claimed error not supported by proper objection will not be considered on appeal.””

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