State v. Pineda’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

26 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[wjhen faced with a defendant’s challenge to the rulings on both motions * * * this Court first conducts a review of the new-trial motion.” State v. Pineda, 13 A.3d 623, 640 (R.I.2011). Accordingly, if we ”conclude[] that the evidence 'was sufficient to withstand the more stringent review applicable to a motion for a new trial, it follows that the evidence was also sufficient to withstand a motion for a judgment of acquittal.'”

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

2. ““when the defendant in Butler asserted that she responded to the victim allegedly grabbing her throat with a panicked push that .caused the victim to fall and fatally injure his head, she offered an alternate theory and justification why her victim was killed by her actions and why she should not be criminally responsible for second-degree murder.””

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

3. “[I]n order to demonstrate a violation of his [or her] Sixth Amendment rights, a defendant must establish that an actual conflict of interest adversely affected his [or her] lawyer's performance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kevin M. Millette v. State of Rhode Island