State v. PHANNAVONG’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “As long as 'the trial justice has complied with this procedure and articulated adequate reasons for denying the motion, his or her decision will be given great weight and left undisturbed unless the trial justice overlooked or misconceived material evidence or otherwise was clearly wrong.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bruce Moten · State v. Ricardo Romero

2. “If, after conducting such a review, the trial justice reaches the same conclusion as the jury, the verdict should be affirmed and the motion for a new trial denied.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Bruce Moten · State v. Gaudreau

3. “Specifically, `the trial justice must (1) consider the evidence in light of the jury charge, (2) independently assess the credibility of the witnesses and the weight of the evidence, and then (3) determine whether he or she would have reached a result different from that reached by the jury.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ricardo Romero · State v. Gaudreau