State v. Trimble’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 405 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 409 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “allow a jury to reasonably reject the greater offense and find the defendant guilty on a lesser included (or inferior degree) offense.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hines · State v. Jackson

2. “[a] jury instruction on a lesser included offense is required only where the evidence presented at trial would reasonably support both an acquittal of the crime charged and a conviction on the lesser included offense.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Hines · State v. Jackson

3. “In this case * * * the reference to Trimble's prior conviction was a brief and isolated remark that was followed by a curative instruction. The mere mention of Trimble's conviction, without more, did not unfairly prejudice Trimble so as to require a mistrial.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brown · State v. Harmon