State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

48 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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the administrative mechanism already exists to facilitate distribution of funds to indigent defendants in need of expert witness fees who are represented by non-Department counsel”); see also Fullan v. Comm’r of Corrections of N.Y., 891 F.2d 1007, 1011 (2d Cir.1989) (holding that defendant represented by private counsel was entitled to free transcript and noting that, while”

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

2. “[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial.”

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

3. “the courts are the ultimate guardians of indigent defendants' rights”

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