State v. Goulet’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 22 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““While Howard recognizes that the State and National Constitutions may require admission of evidence of a victim’s prior sexual activity, admissibility is not automatic simply because the evidence is relevant on credibility. The rape shield law authorizes a victim to claim a privilege of personal privacy, see State v. Miskell, 122 N.H. 842, 845 , 451 A.2d 383, 385 (1982), which cannot be defeated without a defendant’s offer to prove facts that could justify its invasion, id. at 846 , 451 A.2d at 385-86 ; State v. Baker, 127 N.H. 801, 804 , 508 A.2d 1059, 1062 (1986), followed by a hearing to establish those facts and to evaluate the strengths of the competing interests in privacy and effective confrontation. State v. Howard supra.””

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

2. ““requirement of due process and the right of confrontation limit the application of the rape shield law when evidence of the victim’s prior sexual activity with people other than the defendant has a probative value in the context of [a] particular case [that] outweighs its prejudicial effect on the [victim].””

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