State v. James Adams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is well established that decisions concerning the admissibility of evidence are within the sound discretion of the trial justice, and this Court will not interfere with the trial justice's decision unless a clear abuse of that discretion is apparent.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Patrick Cahill · State v. Brandon Alves

2. “On a motion for a new trial pursuant to Rule 33 of the Superior Court Rules of Criminal Procedure, 'the trial justice places himself or herself in the role of a thirteenth juror and then exercises his or her independent judgment as to the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence.'”

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

3. “Agent Horan's inability to pinpoint the exact location of the cell phones on the morning in question to a reasonable degree of certainty does not render his testimony inadmissible. Instead, the jury was tasked with determining the weight of Agent Horan's testimony in light of that fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. Morgan