State v. Dye’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

35 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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Both the general trend of courts to allow special procedural accommodations for -child witnesses and the deference built into the abuse of discretion standard require us to respect the trial court’s decision in how to structure its own proceedings. While the possibility that a facility dog may incur undue sympathy calls for caution and a conscientious balancing of the benefits and the prejudice involved, the trial court balanced the competing factors appropriately.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Tennessee v. Jose Reyes

2. “suffer[ing] from significant developmental disabilities, including cerebral palsy, Kallman Syndrome, and mild mental retardation. He has an IQ (intelligence quotient) [of] 65, and although he is 56 years old, he functions at a mental age ranging from 6 to 12 years old.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 324 Mich. App. 529 - People of Michigan v. Dakota Lee Shorter

3. “Juries are presumed to follow instructions absent evidence to the contrary.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State Of Washington, Resp-cross App v. John Alan Whitaker, App-cross