State v. O'Cain’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “protects the integrity ofjudicial proceedings by denying a defendant the opportunity to sit on his rights, bet on the verdict, and then, if the verdict is adverse, gain a retrial by asserting his rights for the first time on appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 Wash. 2d 190 - State v. Burns

2. “[e]rror may not be predicated upon a ruling which admits or excludes evidence unless .. . a timely objection or motion to strike is made, stating the specific ground of objection.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 Wash. 2d 190 - State v. Burns

3. “a state appellate rule may not be utilized so as to undermine ... a United States Supreme Court holding as to the scope or extent of a federal constitutional right”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 193 Wash. 2d 190 - State v. Burns