State v. W. Lawrence’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

38 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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “may be used in situations that implicate a defendant's fundamental constitutional rights, and where failing to ** review the alleged error may result in a manifest miscarriage of justice, leave unsettled the question of the fundamental fairness of the proceedings, or compromise the integrity of the judicial process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Laird

2. “The Defendant is presumed to be innocent of the charge against him. This presumption ... is not overcome unless from all the evidence in the case you are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the Defendant is guilty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. T. Ritesman

3. “the alleged error did not result in a miscarriage of justice, raise a question as to the fundamental fairness of the proceedings, or compromise the integrity of the judicial process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. T. Ritesman