State v. Bedell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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. “not required to constantly survey or second-guess a nonobjecting party's best interests or trial strategy and is not expected to intervene in the proceedings unless the evidence would serve no conceivable strategic purpose.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. V.I.V.-G. v. State · State v. Ringstad

2. “absent the error, there is a reasonable likelihood of a more favorable outcome for the appellant, or phrased differently, our confidence in the verdict is undermined.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Ringstad · State v. Williams

3. “[pllain error does not exist when 'a concelvable strategic purpose' exists to support the use of the evidence.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. J.C. v. State · State v. Ringstad