State v. Hemond’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the blatancy of the challenged statement, the impact on the theory of the defense, the persistence and frequency of the statement, the opportunity for the court to minimize potential prejudice, the strength of the evidence supporting the relevance of the statement, the overall strength of the State's case, the apparent motivation for making the remarks, and whether the statement was inflammatory and attacked defendant's character.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Shawn Bellanger · State v. Desautels

2. “impairs a defendant's right to a fair trial and strikes at the heart of defendant's constitutional rights or results in a miscarriage of justice.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Shawn Bellanger · State v. Matthew Webster

3. “We review for plain error where, as here, defendant did not object at trial to an allegedly improper statement by a prosecutor in the State's closing argument.”

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