State v. John Rainey’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. “the trial justice [must] place 'himself or herself in the role of a thirteenth juror and then exercise his or her independent judgment as to the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Jamal Rogers · State v. Joel Najera

2. “In its charge the trial court should not take a scatter-shot approach and list all of the exceptions to the exclusionary rule. Rather, it shall designate with particularity the specific exceptions to which the 'other crimes' evidence is relevant and delete from its charge the remaining exceptions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. STATE v. Jesse S. PERRY.

3. “Specifically, 'the trial justice must (1) consider the evidence in light of the jury charge, (2) independently assess the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence, and then (3) determine whether he or she would have reached a result different from that reached by the jury.'”

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