State v. Pitts.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When a conviction is largely dependent on a jury's determination as to the credibility of a complainant's testimony, we have held that the evidence of the offense is not so 'overwhelming' that it renders the prosecutor's improper statements harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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

2. “Despite this broad authority, . . . motions for new trials are not favored and new trials are to be granted with 4 NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER caution.”

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

3. “Where evidence of a clearly exculpatory nature is known to the prosecution, such evidence must be presented to the grand jury.”

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