State v. Weisbarth’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

40 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. W. Cunningham · State v. D. Zimmerman

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

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Ilk · State v. A. Jeffries

3. “could reasonably be taken to put the whole case in such a different light as to undermine confidence in the verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Robertson · State v. Ilk