State v. Cabinatan.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Erroneous instructions are presumptively harmful and are a ground for reversal unless it affirmatively appears from the record as a whole that the error was not prejudicial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Riveira

2. “once instructional error is demonstrated, we will vacate . . ., if there is a reasonable possibility that the error contributed to the defendant's conviction[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Correia III. Dissenting Opinion by Ginoza, Chief Judge.

3. “there is a reasonable possibility that the instructional error contributed to [defendant]'s conviction”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Correia III. Dissenting Opinion by Ginoza, Chief Judge.