State v. Thomas’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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““A witness may contradict her prior statements introduced as substantive evidence and her testimony is to be weighed by the jury under the general instruction on credibility. “ * * * ‘Impeachment is by showing contradictory statements which have been made out of court and which are at variance with the testimony at the trial.’ State v. Griffith, 241 Iowa 1328, 1330 , 45 N.W.2d 155, 156 . It is within the court’s discretion to permit a witness to correct testimony previously given. 98 C.J.S. Witnesses, § 318b, p. 17.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Fields · State v. Washington