State v. Bauer’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The North Dakota Pattern Jury Instructions are published as a guide by the State Bar Association, in conjunction with the North Dakota Pattern Jury Instruction Commission. The pattern jury instructions are not controlling law, and are published with the caution that they are ‘neither a restatement nor an encyclopedia of the prevailing law.’ ””

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

2. “as a whole to determine whether they fairly and adequately advise the jury of the applicable law. The trial court is not required to instruct the jury in the exact language sought by a party if the instructions are not misleading or con fusing, and if they fairly advise the jury of the law on the essential issues of the case. This Court reviews the evidence in a light most favorable to the defendant to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to support a jury instruction. An error in a jury instruction is grounds for reversal when the instruction, read as a whole, is erroneous, relates to a subject central to the case, and affects the substantial rights of the defendant.”

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