Partin v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[c]ross-examination can be used to attack the human components of the prosecution's case-in-chief through intimidation. In certain cases, the intimidation of the witness during cross-examination and the tactical advantage gained by it may exceed what the Constitution and fundamental fairness in the adversarial process require”

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

2. “The mere belief held by the judge that the complainant could be intimidated or harmed beyond the normal limits associated with a trial involving a young complainant . . . is not sufficient to justify the restriction placed on cross-examination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Coronado v. State

3. “was not an abuse of discretion and did not violate Appellant's right of self-representation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Depp v. Commonwealth