State v. Baca’s Empirical Analysis

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1 district · 56 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As in Pohl , we cannot determine whether the suppressed evidence was material to [the d]efendants' claim of self[ ]defense, but, unlike Pohl , [the d]efendants neither requested an in camera hearing nor showed as specific a need as could be expected under the circumstances.... Rather, our review of the argument made during the motion hearing convinces us that [the d]efendants were on a fishing expedition. [The d]efendants made no showing that their rights would be violated but for full disclosure of the master file[.]”

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

2. “we must avoid concentrating on the suppressed evidence in isolation. Rather, we must place it in the context of the entire record. Evidence that may first appear to be quite compelling when considered alone can lose its potency when weighed and measured with all the other evidence, both inculpatory and exculpatory. Implicit in the standard of materiality is the notion that the significance of any particular bit of evidence can only be determined by comparison to the rest.”

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

3. “Id. {16} On appeal, the defendants asked the Court of Appeals to consider whether the trial court erred in denying their motion for release of the victim's complete master file, despite the access they received to many of the documents contained therein. The Court of Appeals framed the issue as”

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