State v. Harper’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

54 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 54 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The exclusion of witnesses is a severe sanction [and] ... like outright dismissal of a case, the exclusion of witnesses should not be imposed except in extreme cases, and only after an adequate hearing to determine the reasons for the violation and the prejudicial effect on the opposing party.”

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

2. “exclusion of witnesses requires an intentional violation of a court order, prejudice to the opposing party, and consideration of less severe sanctions[.]”

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

3. “depends upon the extent of the [g]overnment's culpability weighed against the amount of prejudice to the defense.”

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