State v. Terrel Barros’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. “As we have said on innumerable occasions, 'a litigant cannot raise an objection or advance a new theory on appeal if it was not raised before the trial court.' " Id. at 172 (quoting State v. Bido , 941 A.2d 822 , 829 (R.I. 2008) ). "[T]o satisfy the strictures of our 'raise-or-waive' rule, an evidentiary objection must be sufficiently focused so as to call the trial justice's attention to the basis for said objection * * *.”

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

2. “The raise-or-waive rule requires that objections are to be raised at trial so that opposing counsel has 'an opportunity to respond appropriately to claims raised.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carol C. Ballard v. SVF Foundation SVF Foundation v. Carol C. Ballard Dorrance H. Hamilton v. Carol C. Ballard

3. “that a specific ground for an objection must be stated unless the reason for the objection is clear from the context in which it was made.”

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