State v. White’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

173 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 173 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] trial court must fully and completely give the jury all instructions which are relevant and necessary for the jury to weigh the evidence and discharge its duty as the fact finder.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Baskerville · State v. Heiney

2. “present a correct, pertinent statement of the law that is appropriate to the facts”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Baskerville · State v. Stevenson

3. “including the severity of the crime at issue, whether the suspect poses an immediate threat to the safety of the officers or others, and whether he is actively resisting arrest or attempting to evade arrest by flight.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bolton · Pankey v. Ohio State Hwy. Patrol