Wertz v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To establish the extraordinary circumstances that would warrant the recall of a mandate or the reopening of a case, we have enumerated certain factors to be considered, namely (1) the presence of a defect in the appellate process, (2) a dismissal of proceedings in federal court because of unexhausted state-court claims, and (3) the appeal is a death case that required heightened scrutiny.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Multi-Craft Contractors, Inc. v. Yousey

2. “whether the trial court failed in its obligation to bring to the jury's attention a matter essential to its consideration of the death penalty[.]”

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

3. “an error alleged to have been made by this court during the course of its appellate review”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Davis v. State