State v. Cipriano’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When ruling on a motion to pass, the trial justice must assess the prejudicial impact of the statement in question on the jury and 'determine whether the evidence was of such a nature as to cause the jurors to become so inflamed that their attention was distracted from the issues submitted to them.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ashner Alexis · State v. Daniel Lastarza

2. “[W]e previously have held that even prejudicial remarks do not necessarily require the granting of a motion to pass.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ashner Alexis · State v. Daniel Lastarza

3. “It is well settled that 'a trial justice's decision on a motion to pass the case is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial justice, and this Court will not disturb the ruling on such a motion absent an abuse of discretion.'”

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