Polasek v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) On request, an official court reporter shall: (1) attend all sessions of the court; (2) take full shorthand notes of oral testimony offered before the court, including objections made to the admissibility of evidence, court rulings and remarks on the objections, and exceptions to the rulings; (3) take full shorthand notes of closing arguments if requested to do so by the attorney of a party to the case, including objections to the arguments, court rulings and remarks on the objections, and exceptions to the rulings; ....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Brossette v. State · Rittenhouse v. Sabine Valley Center Foundation, Inc.

2. “(a) The duties of official court reporters shall be performed under supervision of the presiding judge of the court and shall include, but not be limited to: (1) attending all sessions of court and making a full record of the evidence when requested by the judge or any party to a case ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Reyes v. Credit Based Asset Servicing & Securitization Ex Rel. Pledged Property II LLC

3. “The court of criminal appeals is granted rulemaking power to promulgate rules of posttrial, appellate, and review procedure in criminal cases except that its rules may not abridge, enlarge, or modify the substantive rights of a litigant.”

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