Dean v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Decisions of the trial court with respect to the admissibility of evidence are entitled to considerable deference and, as long as there exists a legitimate basis for the trial court's ruling, that ruling will not be reversed on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Carla Stalcup v. The State of Wyoming · Gruwell v. State

2. “In determining whether there has been an abuse of discretion, the ultimate issue is whether or not the court could reasonably conclude as it did.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Tyrrell · Gruwell v. State

3. “before expert testimony about battered woman syndrome becomes relevant, an ev-identiary foundation must first be established that the victim is a battered woman and that her conduct is such that the jury would be aided by expert testimony providing an explanation therefor.”

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