State v. Koskovich’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 federal appellate · 90 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 102 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'Evidence claimed to be unduly prejudicial is excluded only when its”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 458 N.J. Super. 357 - State v. Outland · Rodriguez v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

2. “All evidentiary circumstances which are relevant to or tend to shed light on the motive or intent of the defendant or which tend fairly to explain his actions are admissible in evidence against him although they may have occurred previous to the commission of the offense. [ State v. Rogers, 19 N.J. 218, 228 , 116 A. 2d 37 (1955) (quoted with approval in Covell, supra, 157 N.J. at 565 , 725 A. 2d 675 ).]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Williams · 400 N.J. Super. 164 - State v. Castagna

3. “the entire system of capital punishment depends on the belief that a jury representing the conscience of the community will responsibly exercise its guided discretion in deciding who shall live and who shall die.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Marshall v. Hendricks · Marshall v. Cathel