State v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e hold that this Court may discretionarily review claimed errors that implicate a criminal defendant’s fundamental constitutional rights, even if no contemporaneous objection is made and notwithstanding the inapplicability of the § 46-20-701(2), MCA, criteria, where failing to review the claimed error at issue may result in a manifest miscarriage of justice, may leave unsettled the question of the fundamental fairness of the trial or proceedings, or may compromise the integrity of the judicial process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Taylor

2. “all material or information that tends to mitigate or negate the defendant's guilt as to the offense charged or that would tend to reduce the defendant's potential sentence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Reinert

3. “had the evidence been disclosed, a reasonable probability exists that the outcome of the proceedings would have been different.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Reinert