Oliver v. State’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. “[I]f an accused asserts his right to not be placed before the jury while wearing clothing which bears the indicia of incarceration, thus invading his right to a presumption of innocence, it is the duty of the trial court, the accused’s attorney, the state’s attorney, and the peace officers in control of the accused to offer the accused an opportunity to wear civilian clothes.”

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

2. “[t]he presumption of innocence, although not articulated in the Constitution, is a basic component of a fair trial under our system of criminal justice”

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

3. “should not be ignorant as judges of what we know as men.”

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