State v. Stallings’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[Plain error] review involves a two step-process. First, we determine whether the claim of error facially establishes substantial grounds for believing that manifest injustice or a miscarriage of justice has resulted.... Absent a finding of facial error, an appellate court should decline its discretion to review the claim. If plain error is found, we proceed to the second step to consider whether the error actually resulted in manifest injustice or a miscarriage of justice.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hall · State v. Vorhees

2. “When a statutory term is undefined, we must apply its common sense) dictionary meaning, in the absence of an indication of special use.”

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