State v. Basham.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[State v.] Clark . 83 Hawai'i [289] at 304, 926 P.2d [194] at 209 (citations omitted). See State v. Marsh , 68 Haw. 659 , 660, 728 P.2d 1301 , 1302 (1986) ; State v. Cordeiro , 99 Hawai'i 390 , 424-25, 56 P.3d 692 , 726-27 (2002) ; Tuua , 125 Hawai'i at 14, 250 P.3d at 277. But see State v. Apilando , 79 Hawai'i 128 , 142, 900 P.2d 135 , 149 (1995) (prosecutor's comment that defendant”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Austin · State v. Magbulos

2. “a prosecutor may not argue during closing argument that defendants, because they are defendants, have no reason to tell the truth or have the greatest motive to lie.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Magbulos · State v. Akina

3. “Closing arguments are not the place to introduce new evidence outside the safeguards of the Hawai#i Rules of Evidence.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Austin · State v. Willis.