State v. DeLao’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. “If there is to be pretrial discovery, broad or limited, in criminal cases, defense counsel should be able to rely upon evidence as disclosed by the state; otherwise, the purpose of discovery is frustrated and more injustice is done than if no discovery were allowed.”

   9 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 386 Wis. 2d 628 - State v. Chisem · State v. Schaefer

2. “The district attorney ... stated that he did not intend to use the medical records in the presentation of his casein-chief. The transcript shows that [the victim's] injuries were not at issue during the prosecution's presentation of its case or during cross-examination of [the victim] by the defense. The injuries only became an issue during the defense portion of the trial, when [the] defendant... testified and implied that [the] injuries were caused by a sudden stop of the vehicle. The trial court found that the evidence was being offered to rebut [that] testimony about the cause of [the victim's] injuries.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 339 Wis. 2d 170 - State v. Geske

3. “discovers additional material. . . subject to discovery,. . . the party shall promptly notify the other party of the existence of the additional material [.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 339 Wis. 2d 170 - State v. Geske