Simon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the nature of the evidence supporting the verdict, the character of the alleged error and how it might be considered in connection with other evidence in the case, and may include whether the State emphasized the error and whether overwhelming evidence of guilt was present.”

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

2. “The trial court improperly comments on the weight of the evidence if it makes a statement that implies approval of the State's argument, indicates disbelief in the defense's position, or diminishes the credibility of the defense's approach to the case.”

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

3. “bespoke a distinct negativity toward [Proenza's] position that almost certainly did not escape the jury's notice.”

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