State v. Brims’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. “[c]learly capable of producing an unjust result such that a reasonable doubt is raised as to whether the error led the jury to a result it otherwise might not have reached”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Jenkins · 385 N.J. Super. 211 - State v. O'CARROLL

2. “clearly capable of producing an unjust result”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 385 N.J. Super. 211 - State v. O'CARROLL · 411 N.J. Super. 35 - State v. RT

3. “(1) the object possessed was a “firearm” within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 2C:39-1(f); (2) the firearm was possessed by defendant as defined in N.J.S.A. 2C:2-1c; (3) the defendant’s purpose in possessing the firearm was to use it against the person or property of another; and (4) the defendant intended to use the firearm in a manner that was unlawful. [State v. Diaz, 144 N.J. 628, 635 , 677 A.2d 1120 (1996).]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Parolin