State v. Beck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To establish 'extraordinary circumstances,' a defendant must establish that the error is the type of 'rare procedural anomal[y]' that, if left unreviewed, would result in manifest injustice.”

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

2. “is harmful, ie., absent the error, there is a reasonable likelihood of a more favorable outcome for the appellant, or phrased differently, our confidence in the verdict is undermined.”

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

3. “any unnecessary comments by the court are too likely to have a detrimental effect on the jury's ability to decide the case impartially.”

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