State v. Martin’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 22 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “We review a trial court's refusal of a proposed instruction under an abuse of discretion standard. The trial court has broad discretion in instructing the jury. Jury instructions are satisfactory when, considered as a whole, they properly state the applicable law and inform the jury. Error in declining to apply a proposed instruction is reversible only if it is prejudicial, and the defendant has the burden of proving any prejudice.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Randle · State v. Shaw

2. “An erroneous instruction is prejudicial if in all probability it produced some effect upon the verdict and is harmful to the substantial rights of the party assigning it.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Randle · State v. Shaw

3. “[d]enial of a defendant's request for an instruction on self-defense where such a request is properly submitted and supported by the evidence is reversible error because it infringes on a defendant's constitutional right to due process.”

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