State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Dissimilarity in physical appearance, alone, is insufficient to establish impermissible suggestion. Because courts normally only require the police to use reasonable efforts to find physically similar participants in a photo lineup, differ- enees in age, weight, height, hairstyle, and other physical characteristics do not compel a finding of impermissible suggestiveness. Since only identical twins can be identical in a lineup and as long as no one individual clearly stands out in the lineup, the law does not require exact conformity to ensure an untainted identification procedure. Police are only required to find physically similar participants, even if a defendant has a physical abnormality or very distinctive appearance, as no lineup in that type of situation can be expected to provide subjects reasonably close in appearance.”

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

2. “Miller argues that the evidence was insufficient to establish that she shot into a dwelling in that the bullets”

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

3. “from which a reasonable juror might have found the accused guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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