State v. Warren’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[h]ad the trial judge not intervened to give an appropriate and effective curative instruction, we would not hesitate to conclude that such a remarkable misstatement of the law by a prosecutor constitutes reversible error,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Reed · State v. Hager

2. “`It is misconduct for a prosecutor to state a personal belief as to the credibility of a witness.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ish · State v. Ramos

3. “grooming behavior”); In re Application of Nash, 317 Or. 354 , 359 n. 3, 855 P.2d 1112 , 1114 n. 3 (1993) (defining grooming); State v. Wairen, 165 Wash.2d 17 , 35 195 P.3d 940, 949 (2008) (citing State v. DeVincentis, 150 Wash.2d 11, 22 , 74 P.3d 119 (2003) as discussing evidence of grooming behaviors in child sexual abuse case); Wease v. State, 170 P.3d 94, 114, 116 (Wyo.2007) (referring to”

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