State v. Anonymous (83-FG)’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

96 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 96 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““After a witness called by the state has testified on direct examination at trial, the judicial authority shall, on motion of the defendant, order the state to produce any statement of the witness in the possession of the state or its agents, including state and local law enforcement officers, which statement relates to the subject matter about which the witness has testified.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Myers · State v. Cohane

2. ““The term ‘statement’ . . . means: “(1) A written statement made by a person and signed or otherwise adopted or approved by Mm; or “(2) A stenographic, mechanical, electrical, or other recording, or a transcription thereof, which is a substantially verbatim recital of an oral statement made by a person and recorded contemporaneously with the making of such oral statement.” Section 749 (2) above is clearly inapplicable as an examination of the Case/Incident Report discloses that the summary is not intended as a verbatim recital of anything.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. State v. Cohane

3. “It is not unusual to admit an exhibit into evidence before its relationship to the issues of a case has been established.... This procedure may expedite the trial, and it is ordinarily not prejudicial because the exhibit may be stricken if the necessary evidentiary foundation is not eventually laid.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 178 Conn. App. 443 - State v. Petitt