State v. Belanger’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

108 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 108 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “places the initial burden on the accused. The defendant must show that the proffered testimony is admissible, relevant and material to the defense and that without it, his or her ability to fairly present a defense will suffer to a significant degree. If the defendant meets this initial burden, the district court must then balance the defendant’s need for the testimony against the government’s interest in opposing immunity.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Ortega

2. “legislative prerogative because it amounts to a decision by the people to exclude an entire class of individuals from application of the state's criminal laws,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. David Burris

3. “serves to establish an evidentiary safeguard to protect the right against self-incrimination,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. David Burris