State v. Parisien’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “After the jurors have retired for deliberation, if they desire to be informed on a point of law arising in the cause, or to have any testimony about which they are in doubt or disagreement read to them, they, upon their request, must be conducted into the courtroom by the officer who has them in custody. Upon their being brought into court, the information required must be given in the presence of, or after notice to, the state’s attorney and the defendant or the defendant’s counsel, or after they have been called.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Kruckenberg · State v. Fehl-Haber

2. ““ T) the court must look to the purpose for which the evidence is introduced; 2) the evidence of the prior act or acts must be substantially reliable or clear and convincing; and 3) in criminal cases, there must be proof of the crime charged which permits the trier of fact to establish the defendant’s guilt or innocence independently on the evidence presented, without consideration of the evidence of the prior acts.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Alvarado · State v. Aabrekke

3. ““the jury’s 17-hour workday, the lateness of the hour, the trial court’s knowledge of the deadlocked jury’s numerical division, the two responses to the jurors encouraging them to continue to try to reach a verdict, the failure of the court to follow proper procedure in addressing the jury’s questions, and the lack of a record of the in-chamber conferences.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Curtis · State v. Blotske