State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In determining materiality, the relevant question 'is not -6- whether the defendant would more likely than not have received a different verdict with the evidence, but whether in its absence he received a fair trial, understood as a trial resulting in a verdict worthy of confidence.'”

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

2. “(1) which of the contradictory testimony offered by the recanting witness is credible and true, and if the recanted testimony is to believed; (2) would the evidence materially affect the outcome of the trial?”

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

3. “'clear and convincing proof that he has been unavoidably prevented from filing a motion in a timely fashion.'”

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