124 Wis. 2d 681 - State v. Wyss’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 215 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 217 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “category, two different situations were included: (1) Either the jury was not given an opportunity to hear important testimony that bore on an important issue in the case, or (2) the jury had before it testimony or evidence which had been improperly admitted, and this material obscured a crucial issue and prevented the real controversy from being fully tried. Under the second prong of the discretionary-reversal statute, the”

   17 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Joyner · 147 Wis. 2d 264 - State v. Romero

2. “[I]f it appears from the record that the real controversy has not been fully tried, or that it is probable that justice has for any reason miscarried, the court may reverse the judgment or order appealed from ... and may direct the entry of the proper judgment or remit the case to the trial court for the entry of the proper judgment or for a new trial....”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 228 Wis. 2d 561 - State v. Ramirez · 141 Wis. 2d 412 - State v. Larsen

3. “(1) that the juror incorrectly or incompletely responded to a material question on voir dire; and if so, (2) that it is more probable than not that under the facts and circumstances surrounding the particular case, the juror was biased against the moving party.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Funk · 152 Wis. 2d 200 - State v. Louis