Chauncey v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “one additional piece of cumulative information”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hicks v. State · Lawson v. State

2. “ensure that a miscarriage of justice does not occur.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Landeroz v. State · Lawson v. State

3. “This case presents a much different situation than Davis . Whereas in Davis , Morris could not effectively be impeached without the suppressed information, in the instant case, CS's credibility was extensively challenged. * * * Specifically, the jury had been told that CS was a "worldly young lady" who received special deals from methamphetamine dealers because she was able to set the dealers up with other buyers. On direct and cross-examination, CS's past use of methamphetamine, marijuana, and cocaine was explored, as were her previous drug-related arrests and convictions and her difficulty abstaining from narcotics. CS was also questioned about her mental state on the night in question, to which she replied that she had used methamphetamine earlier on October 27 and that night she was "[n]ot really high, but more just coming down." The appellant was also given extensive discovery materials that included statements by CS and another individual tending to show she was heavily involved in using and selling narcotics. Finally, the appellant had CS's testimony from [his girlfriend]'s trial which detailed CS's drug use and which was also used at the appellant's trial to impeach CS.”

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