State v. Duarte’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) whether the [s]tate breached some duty or intentionally deprived the defendant of evidence; (2) whether the improperly non-disclosed evidence was material; (3) whether the non-disclosure of the evidence prejudiced the defendant; and (4) whether the trial court cured the failure to timely disclose the evidence.”

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

2. “The test for materiality ... is whether there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed to the defense, the result of the proceeding would have been different.”

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

3. “In order to find an abuse of discretion, we must conclude that the decision below was against logic and not justified by reason.”

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