Roussel v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[c]umulative error requires reversal only when the impact of errors at trial is so prejudicial that the defendant was deprived of a fair trial, even if each individual error was harmless.”

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

2. “after reviewing the whole record, we are left with a definite and firm conviction that the trial court erred in its ruling.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bylers Alaska Wilderness Adventures Inc. v. City of Kodiak