Lee v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 17 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An error warrants reversal only when it is prejudicial and it affects an appellant's substantial rights. The party who is appealing bears the burden to establish that an error was prejudicial.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roeschlein v. State · Cohee v. State

2. “Mr. Lee pleaded guilty to the charge of third-degree sexual assault on L.B., admitting the crime occurred at anytime between the dates of October 4, 1996, through December 31, 1998, a time frame which extended over a year and a half beyond the July 1, 1997, effective date of the new sentencing statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lee v. Crouse

3. “It protects the accused who has been acquitted against a second prosecution for the same offense; it protects the accused who has been convicted against a second prosecution for the same offense; and it protects the accused against multiple punishments of the same offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Munoz v. Munoz